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Speech Language Word Declaration Message Mouth 言 Call

Kanji
Onyomi ゲン、ゴン
Kunyomi い.う、こと
Nanori とき
English say
Examples 言う(いう): (1) to say (2) to call (i.e. to give a name)
予言(よげん): prediction; promise; prognostication
言わば(いわば): so to speak; so to call it; as it were
言葉(ことば): (1) language; dialect (2) word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark (3) speech; (manner of) speaking
宣言(せんげん): declaration; proclamation; announcement
発言(はつげん): utterance; speech; proposal
言語(げんご): language
一言(ひとこと): single word; a few words; brief comment
言論(げんろん): (one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
無言(むごん): silence
助言(じょげん): advice; suggestion
方言(ほうげん): dialect
言い訳(いいわけ): (1) excuse (2) explanation
伝言(でんごん): verbal message; word
言葉遣い(ことばづかい): speech; expression; wording; language
証言(しょうげん): evidence; testimony
断言(だんげん): assertion; declaration; affirmation
独り言(ひとりごと): soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
言い出す(いいだす): to start talking; to speak; to tell; to propose; to suggest; to break the ice
言付ける(ことづける): to send word; to send a message
そう言えば(そういえば): which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
片言(かたこと): prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
言い付ける(いいつける): (1) to tell (to do); to order; to charge; to direct (2) to tell on (someone); to report (3) to often say
言伝(ことづて): (oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
言付け(ことづけ): (verbal) message
伝言(つてこと): (1) verbal message; word (2) rumour; rumor
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 83
Components 口: mouth
Number of Strokes 7
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 149
Radical Strokes 7
Radical Reading こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword say
Koohii Story 1 A pictogram of someone saying a four letter word from their mouth after the censors have gotten a hold of it.
Koohii Story 2 This is simple a pictogram of a mouth SAYing something. The lines are soundwaves. No need to complicate it.
RTK Index 335

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade2, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_human.activities_communication

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