Question

語 かた.る、かた.らう 英語(えいご): English (language)物語(ものがたり): tale; story; legend言語(げんご): language用語(ようご): (1) term; terminology (2) wording; choice of words; phraseology国語(こくご): (1) national language (2) Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) (3) native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)語る(かたる): to talk; to tell; to recite語学(ごがく): language study物語る(ものがたる): to tell; to indicate単語(たんご): word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word語(ご): (1) language (2) word標語(ひょうご): motto; slogan; catchword語源(ごげん): word root; word derivation; etymology日本語(にほんご): Japanese (language)敬語(けいご): honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language熟語(じゅくご): (1) kanji compound (2) idiom; idiomatic phrase略語(りゃくご): abbreviation; acronym文語(ぶんご): (1) written language; literary language (2) formal (or archaic) written style based on Heian-period Japanese漢語(かんご): Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word語彙(ごい): vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology語句(ごく): words; phrases主語(しゅご): subject述語(じゅつご): predicate 2 言: say吾: I; my; our; one's own 言 7 (none) word May I say a word about that?

Accepted Answer

ゴ word, speech, language 5 301 14 149 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば 形声 Phonetic The simplest word to say is I.

Kanji	語
Onyomi	ゴ
Kunyomi	かた.る、かた.らう
English	word, speech, language
Examples	英語(えいご): English (language) 物語(ものがたり): tale; story; legend 言語(げんご): language 用語(ようご): (1) term; terminology (2) wording; choice of words; phraseology 国語(こくご): (1) national language (2) Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan) (3) native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords) 語る(かたる): to talk; to tell; to recite 語学(ごがく): language study 物語る(ものがたる): to tell; to indicate 単語(たんご): word; vocabulary; (usually) single-character word 語(ご): (1) language (2) word 標語(ひょうご): motto; slogan; catchword 語源(ごげん): word root; word derivation; etymology 日本語(にほんご): Japanese (language) 敬語(けいご): honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language 熟語(じゅくご): (1) kanji compound (2) idiom; idiomatic phrase 略語(りゃくご): abbreviation; acronym 文語(ぶんご): (1) written language; literary language (2) formal (or archaic) written style based on Heian-period Japanese 漢語(かんご): Chinese word; Sino-Japanese word 語彙(ごい): vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology 語句(ごく): words; phrases 主語(しゅご): subject 述語(じゅつご): predicate
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	301
Components	言: say 吾: I; my; our; one's own
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	言
Radical Number	149
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	word
Koohii Story 1	The simplest word to say is I.
Koohii Story 2	May I say a word about that?

Language Word Japanese Terminology Subject Vocabulary Written 語