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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)

番号通話ばんごうつうわ

station-to-station (comms)

談話分析だんわぶんせき

discourse analysis

口話こうわ

silent mouthing

世界電話番号せかいでんわばんごう

international telephone number

ヒソヒソ話ヒソヒソばなし

whispered conversation

電話交換手でんわこうかんしゅ

telephone operator

いらざるお世話いらざるおせわ

that's none of your business

読話どくわ

lip reading (esp. in context of deaf people)

御土産話おみやげばなし

trip story

加入電話かにゅうでんわ

subscribed telephone

共同電話きょうどうでんわ

party line (telephone line shared by multiple subscribers)

to begin to speak

creation myth

creation myth

speech impediment

to speak frankly

プリペイド式携帯電話プリペイドしきけいたいでんわ

prepaid cellphone

日本手話にほんしゅわ

Japanese Sign Language

イソップ童話イソップどうわ

Aesop's Fables

通話口つうわぐち

mouthpiece of a telephone

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