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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)
話しかける はなしかける

to address (someone)

話題 わだい

topic

話し方 はなしかた

way of talking

話術 わじゅつ

art of conversation

話し手 はなして

speaker

話者 わしゃ

speaker

話し込む はなしこむ

to be deep in talk

話下手 はなしべた

being bad at conversation

話し合う はなしあう

to discuss

話せる はなせる

to be able to speak

話法 わほう

parlance

夜話 やわ

night chat

のろけ話 のろけばなし

boastful talk about one's love life

話々 はなしばなし

small talk

話し中 はなしちゅう

busy (phone)

話 はなし

talk

話し合い はなしあい

discussion

話し言葉 はなしことば

spoken language

話し声 はなしごえ

speaking voice

官話 かんわ

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

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