曰
エツ, いわ.く, のたま.う, のたま.わく, ここに, ひらび

say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

As per 一# (fullness) + 口 mouth → mouth figuratively filled with words → *say*; *speech indicator*.

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