EASY (IER) KANJI - JLPT 3 KYUU

Sound waves coming from a mouth.

A lot of 'word' related kanji have this character as part of the kanji - 日記 nikki (diary); shi (poem); hanashi (a story)
Stroke order

1) gen, 2) gon - speech, statement 3) iu - to say 4) koto - word, expression

言葉 koto ba - word, language
独り言 hitori goto - soliloquy, talking to yourself
方言 hou gen - dialect