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JLPT N4 SL2 7 strokes Frequency: #83

Meanings

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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

Words Using This Kanji

1113 words total
Other (20 words)
θ¨€γ„ι–“ι•γˆ γ„γ„γΎγ‘γŒγˆ

slip of the tongue

θ™šθ¨€η—‡ きょげんしょう

mythomania

言い間違い γ„γ„γΎγ‘γŒγ„

slip of the tongue

本ζ₯γ‹γ‚‰θ¨€γˆγ° γ»γ‚“γ‚‰γ„γ‹γ‚‰γ„γˆγ°

by all rights

γƒœγƒ­γ‚―γ‚½γ«θ¨€γ† ぼろくそにいう

to speak disparagingly of

εΏœη”¨θ¨€θͺžε­¦ γŠγ†γ‚ˆγ†γ’γ‚“γ”γŒγ

applied linguistics

ε˜δΈ€θ¨€θͺž γŸγ‚“γ„γ€γ’γ‚“γ”

monolingual

重言 γ˜γ‚…γ†γ’γ‚“

pleonasm

硐論から言うと け぀ろんからいうと

going straight to the point

言θͺžθ³‡ζ–™ γ’γ‚“γ”γ—γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

corpus

η¬¬δΊŒθ¨€θͺž だいにげんご

second language

痴言 けげん

crazy talk

γ¨θ¨€γ£γŸ γ¨γ„γ£γŸ

such ... as

ηΏ»θ¨³ε…ˆθ¨€θͺž ほんやくさきげんご

language being translated to

翻訳元言θͺž ほんやくもとげんご

language being translated from

体言歒め γŸγ„γ’γ‚“γ©γ‚

ending a sentence or poem with a noun or noun phrase

雲伯方言 うんぱくほうげん

dialects of Japanese spoken in Western Tottori prefecture and Eastern Shimane prefecture

γ‚ˆγθ¨€γ† γ‚ˆγγ„γ†

to say enough (as much as required)

方言学 γ»γ†γ’γ‚“γŒγ

dialectology

コーパス言θͺžε­¦ γ‚³γƒΌγƒ‘γ‚Ήγ’γ‚“γ”γŒγ

corpus linguistics