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話

JLPT N5 SL2 13 strokes Frequency: #134

Meanings

Tale, Talk

Radicals

言

Decomposition

⿰言舌

Etymology

Ideographic: A spoken 言 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical bottom-to-top

6 corner bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 diagonal right-to-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical right-to-left

11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

12 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ワ wa

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はな hana

はなし hanashi

Words Using This Kanji

457 words total

Other (20 words)

down to earth

down to earth

help

telephone fee

leased telephone line

telephone subscriber

telephone dialogue

telephone dialogue

to be in the news

boastful story

thanks for taking care of me

いたずら電話いたずらでんわ

crank call

割込通話わりこみつうわ

call-waiting (phone option)

多者通話たしゃつうわ

conference call (phone option)

世話がないせわがない

simple

説話集せつわしゅう

collection of stories (esp. myths, legends, etc.)

switchboard

switchboard number

to get a phone call

much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)

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