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曰

曰 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. いう、はなす。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「口」+横棒、人の口から声がでるさまを象る。「いう」を意味する漢語｛曰｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エツ
Kun (native)
  • いわ(く)
  • のたま(う)
  • のたま(わく)
  • ここに
Other languages
  • 拼音yue1
  • 한글wal
  • Hán-ViệtViết

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
曰(ひらび)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+66F0

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴囗一

Words using this kanji

  • 曰くいわくpretext, history, past, story
  • 曰わくのたまわくaccording to ..., ... says
  • 曰くありげいわくありげmeaningful, suggestive
  • 曰く言い難しいわくいいがたし説明が容易ではないということ。it is hard to explain, it is hard to say

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

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Lookup codes

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