Medoru
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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)
話が付く はなしがつく

to come to an agreement

早い話が はやいはなしが

in short

茶話会 さわかい

tea party

別れ話 わかればなし

talk about divorce or separation

茶話 ちゃばなし

chat over tea

発話 はつわ

utterance

童話劇 どうわげき

play for children

通話料 つうわりょう

charge for a telephone call

悲話 ひわ

sad or tragic story

独話 どくわ

talking to oneself

手話法 しゅわほう

sign language

土産話 みやげばなし

tales of one's travels

送話器 そうわき

(telephone) transmitter

送話 そうわ

(telephonic) transmission

茶飲み話 ちゃのみばなし

chat over tea

対話体 たいわたい

dialogue form

間接話法 かんせつわほう

indirect speech

親子電話 おやこでんわ

extension phone (and its main line)

自動車電話 じどうしゃでんわ

car phone

官話 かんわ

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

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