言 — say, speech, word

げん言 say

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes communication

U+8A00 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #83 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #335 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #149

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say
speech
word

word

けん・げん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

言(げん) gen word 言(げん) 語(ご) gengo language 方(ほう) 言(げん) hougen dialect 名(めい) 言(げん) meigen famous saying 明(めい) 言(げん) meigen declaration 言(げん) 明(めい) genmei declaration 公(こう) 言(げん) kougen public declaration 発(はつ) 言(げん) hatsugen remark

こん・ごん kon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

文(もん) 言(ごん) mongon wording 無(む) 言(ごん) mugon silence 伝(でん) 言(ごん) dengon message 過(か) 言(ごん) kagon exaggeration 遺(ゆい) 言(ごん) yuigon will

こと・ごと koto 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).

一(ひと) 言(こと) hitokoto single word 言(こと) 葉(ば) kotoba word 独(ひと) り言(ごと) hitorigoto soliloquy 戯(たわ) 言(ごと) tawagoto nonsense

い i 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).

言(い) う iu to say 言(い) える ieru to be able to say 言(い) い方(かた) iikata way of saying 言(い) うまでもない iumademonai it goes without saying 言(い) い分(ぶん) iibun one's say 言(い) いよう iiyou way of saying 言(い) い聞(き) かせる iikikaseru to tell 言(い) い回(まわ) し iimawashi expression

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はなし話 talk き記 record けい計 measure ご語 language よむ読 read ちょう調 tone だん談 discuss し詩 poem ぎ議 deliberation しん信 trust

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#149 言 speech

言 — say, speech, word

Meanings

word

けん・げん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こん・ごん kon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こと・ごと koto 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).

い i 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).

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Components

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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言 — say, speech, word

Meanings

word

けん ・げん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こん ・ごん kon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こと ・ごと koto 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).

い i 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).

Stroke order

Components

Used as component in (69)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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General

けん・げん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こん・ごん kon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

こと・ごと koto 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).