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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)
険しい言葉 けわしいことば

harsh language

言θͺžεœ°ε›³ γ’γ‚“γ”γ‘γš

linguistic map

正規言θͺž せいきげんご

regular language

対照言θͺžε­¦ γŸγ„γ—γ‚‡γ†γ’γ‚“γ”γŒγ

contrastive linguistics

言θͺžδ½Ώη”¨εŸŸ γ’γ‚“γ”γ—γ‚ˆγ†γ„γ

register

歴史言θͺžε­¦ γ‚Œγγ—γ’γ‚“γ”γŒγ

historical linguistics

θͺηŸ₯言θͺžε­¦ γ«γ‚“γ‘γ’γ‚“γ”γŒγ

cognitive linguistics

θ¨€γ„η΅‚γˆγ‚‹ γ„γ„γŠγˆγ‚‹

to finish saying

θ¨€γ„ηΆšγ‘γ‚‹ いい぀γ₯ける

to keep talking

言θͺžη€ΎδΌšε­¦ γ’γ‚“γ”γ—γ‚ƒγ‹γ„γŒγ

sociology of language

名言集 めいげんしゅう

collection of (famous) quotes

言θͺžθ³‡ζ–™ γ’γ‚“γ”γ—γ‚Šγ‚‡γ†

corpus

γ‚―γ‚½γƒŸγ‚½γ«θ¨€γ† くそみそにいう

to verbally attack

θ¨€γ„γŒγ‹γ‚Š γ„γ„γŒγ‹γ‚Š

false accusation

方言学 γ»γ†γ’γ‚“γŒγ

dialectology

γ‚ˆγθ¨€γ† γ‚ˆγγ„γ†

to say enough (as much as required)

θ¨€θ‘‰γ‚’γ‚‚γ˜γ‚‹ γ“γ¨γ°γ‚’γ‚‚γ˜γ‚‹

to make a pun on a word

男言葉 γŠγ¨γ“γ“γ¨γ°

men's language

ε₯³θ¨€θ‘‰ γŠγ‚“γͺことば

women's language

η”˜γ„θ¨€θ‘‰ あまいことば

alluring words