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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)

(telephone) receiver

anecdote

funny story

myth

to take care of someone

sponsor

small talk

care

person who looks after others

世話になるせわになる

to receive favor

仕方話しかたばなし

talking with gestures

脅迫電話きょうはくでんわ

telephone threat (e.g. of a bomb)

old tale

tale

episode

small talk

dialogue

interlocutor

interactive

Qing Mandarin (standard variety of Chinese spoken by official classes during the Qing dynasty)

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