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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)
話頭 わとう

topic

話し好き はなしずき

talkative person

話し相手 はなしあいて

person with whom to speak

直通電話 ちょくつうでんわ

direct (telephone) line

艶笑小話 えんしょうこばなし

amorous anecdote

禅話 ぜんわ

Zen talk

懇話会 こんわかい

gathering for friendly discussion

法話 ほうわ

Buddhist sermon

高話 たかばなし

loud speech

雑話 ざつわ

chitchat

談話室 だんわしつ

lounge

白話 はくわ

colloquial Chinese

炉辺談話 ろへんだんわ

fireside chat

呼び出し電話 よびだしでんわ

telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

楽屋話 がくやばなし

inside story

思い出話 おもいでばなし

reminiscent talk

会話の組 かいわのくみ

conversation class

職業別電話帳 しょくぎょうべつでんわちょう

classified telephone directory

事情を話す じじょうをはなす

to explain the situation

官話 かんわ

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

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