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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 (17 words)

国際電信電話諮問委員会こくさいでんしんでんわしもんいいんかい

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee

ほそぼそ話すほそぼそはなす

to speak slowly and quietly

to receive favor

complaining

busy (phone)

add-on telephone

videophone

Greek mythology

cordless phone

sad story

anecdote

joke

(a) short story

anecdote

English conversation

being settled quickly

佳話かわ

good story

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