語 — language, speak, word
ご
語
language
ご
U+8A9E
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #301
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #347
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- language
- speak
- word
Readings
- On'yomi
- ご go
- Kun'yomi
- かた kata
word
ご go On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
かた ・がた kata 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).
がたり gatari
Words by frequency and grade
52 wordsEach dot is a word containing 語: 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 · 27 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 言 (words/speech) is the semantic radical. 吾 (五 go + 口 mouth, meaning "I/self") provides the phonetic element go. Language is speech directed outward from the self.