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げん言 say

げん

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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speech
word

Readings

On'yomi: げん gen ごん gon
Kun'yomi: こと koto い i

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げん gen 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

ごん gon 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 ひとり言(ごと) hitorigoto soliloquy 言(こと) 葉(ば) kotoba word 合(あい) 言(こと) 葉(ば) aikotoba password 書(か) き言(こと) 葉(ば) kakikotoba written word 話(はな) し言(こと) 葉(ば) hanashikotoba spoken language 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

ゆ yu

言(ゆ) う yuu to say

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S = secondary school · 21 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

有言実行四字熟語

possess say, truth go

言語道断四字熟語

say language, road severance

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Components

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Used as component in (69)

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.

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

ごん gon 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).

ゆ yu

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

ごん gon 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).

ゆ yu

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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.

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).