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言
JLPT N5 SL1 7 strokes Frequency: #120

Meanings

say, word, speech, language

Radicals

言

Decomposition

⿱亠⿱二口

Etymology

Ideographic: A tongue sticking out of a mouth 口

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ゲン gen
ゴン gon
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
い i
こと koto