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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)
北欧神話 ほくおうしんわ

Norse mythology

笑話 しょうわ

amusing story

国際電話 こくさいでんわ

international phone call

情話 じょうわ

conversing from the heart

青電話 あおでんわ

blue telephone

世話好き せわずき

obliging person

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)

世話役 せわやく

manager

神話学 しんわがく

mythology

電話口 でんわぐち

telephone receiver

よもやま話 よもやまばなし

talk about various topics

電話料 でんわりょう

telephone charge

市外通話 しがいつうわ

toll call

打ち明け話 うちあけばなし

confession

謹話 きんわ

respectful comments

話し上手 はなしじょうず

being good at conversation

話柄 わへい

topic

話芸 わげい

(the art of) storytelling

官話 かんわ

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

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