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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)
愚痴話 ぐちばなし

tedious complaints

惨話 さんわ

heartbreaking story

話題性 わだいせい

newsworthiness

類話 るいわ

similar story

ここだけの話 ここだけのはなし

conversation (just) between you and me

暴露話 ばくろばなし

revealing talk

船内通話装置 せんないつうわそうち

intercom

機内通話装置 きないつうわそうち

intercom

電話代 でんわだい

telephone bill

話が合う はなしがあう

to see eye to eye

電話通信 でんわつうしん

telephony

話し合いがつく はなしあいがつく

to come to an agreement

再話 さいわ

retelling (of a tale, legend, etc.)

通話表 つうわひょう

phonetic alphabet (e.g. A for alpha, B for bravo, etc.)

話題を振る わだいをふる

to bring up a subject

話が見えない はなしがみえない

to not understand what someone is getting at

世話係 せわがかり

attendant

発話者 はつわしゃ

speaker

心を割って話す こころをわってはなす

to have a heart to heart talk

電話口に出る でんわぐちにでる

to make a phone call

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