The story of 䛡

talk, speak

䛡 is composed of 言(speech), 氏(surname) and 口(mouth). 氏 depicts a bowing man, which has the meaning of lowering, our mouth will be bigger if we lower it(chin). Open your mouth and spit words out, means speaking, 話(to speak) is the variant of 䛡, both share the same meaning and pronunciation, but now we seldom use 䛡.