話 — talk, speak, story
はなし
話
talk
はなし
U+8A71
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #134
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #344
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- talk
- speak
- story
Readings
- On'yomi
- わ wa
- Kun'yomi
- はなし hanashi はな hana
word
はなし ・ばなし hanashi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
わ wa On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
はな hana Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
41 wordsEach dot is a word containing 話: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 17 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Components
Composed of
げん
言
say
#149
した
舌
tongue
#135
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 言 (words) gives the meaning. 舌 (zetsu/wa, tongue) provides the phonetic element. To talk or speak.