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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)
電話帳 でんわちょう

telephone book

道話 どうわ

exemplum

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)

内証話 ないしょうばなし

confidential talk

内幕話 うちまくばなし

inside information

日常会話 にちじょうかいわ

everyday conversation

余計なお世話 よけいなおせわ

none of your business

バカ話 ばかばなし

foolish talk

秘話 ひわ

secret story

腹話術 ふくわじゅつ

ventriloquism

米話 べいわ

American spoken English

民話 みんわ

folk tale

幽霊話 ゆうれいばなし

ghost story

与太話 よたばなし

idle gossip

裏話 うらばなし

inside story

立ち話 たちばなし

talking while standing

留守番電話 るすばんでんわ

answering machine

例話 れいわ

illustration

官話 かんわ

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

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