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Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 語り合う。話してきかせる
  2. 論じる
  3. 言葉
  4. 考えを伝える

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「言」 + 音符「吾」。「かたる」を意味する漢語｛語｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

word, speech, language

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゴElem.
Kun (native)
  • かた(る)Elem.
  • かた(らう)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音yu3
  • 拼音yu4
  • 한글eo
  • Hán-ViệtNgữ
  • Hán-ViệtNgứ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 4
Unicode
U+8A9E

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言吾

Words using this kanji

  • 語るかたる「かたる」を参照。to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate
  • 語らうかたらうto talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge
  • 語学ごがく言語学。 外国語の学習。study of foreign languages, linguistics
  • 語りかたりtalk, recital, narration, topic
  • 語気ごき話す言葉の調子や勢い。tone, manner of speaking
  • 語り口かたりくちway of reciting, way of telling a story
  • 語ご（ゴ）言語の構成単位のひとつ。単語。 （ゴ）言葉。 （ゴ）言語。word, term, language, speech
  • 語源ごげん個々の単語のみなもと。origin of a word, derivation of a word, etymology
  • 語句ごく語と句。単語と句の総称。words and phrases, words
  • 語り手かたりてnarrator, storyteller, reciter
  • 語彙ごい個人の話者、言語共同体、作品、分野などによって使われる単語の集合全体。 ある範囲の単語を集めて、一定の順序に配列した書物。vocabulary, lexicon, lexis, terminology
  • 語感ごかん語句や言葉がほかに与える感じ。ニュアンス。 言葉に対する感覚。sense of language, feeling of a word, impression a word makes, nuance
  • 語録ごろく儒者や祖師、禅僧の教義などに関する言葉を記録した書物。 偉人などの言葉を記録した書物。 ある人物やキャラクターの言動を元ネタとした言葉や表現。analects, sayings
  • 語り継ぐかたりつぐto pass down (a story) from generation to generation, to hand down
  • 語学力ごがくりょくlanguage learning ability, foreign language skills, linguistic ability
  • 語尾ごび言葉の末尾。 単語の末尾で、語形変化で活用する部分。(inflectional) ending of a word, end of a sentence
  • 語り合うかたりあう「かたりあう」の漢字表記。to talk together
  • 語法ごほう言葉遣いの規則。文法。 言葉の使い方。文の表現法。diction, grammar, syntax, usage
  • 語らいかたらいtalk, chat, troth, lovers' vow
  • 語り草かたりぐさstory, topic (on everyone's lips), (the stuff of) legend

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-7
Four Corner
0166.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a7.6
Heisig
371
Nelson
4374