Question

話 はな.す、はなし 話合い(はなしあい): discussion; conference電話(でんわ): (1) telephone call; phone call (2) telephone (device); phone話(はなし): (1) talk; speech; chat; story; conversation (2) discussions; negotiation; argument対話(たいわ): dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction話題(わだい): topic; subject会話(かいわ): conversation世話(せわ): looking after; help; aid; assistance神話(しんわ): myth; legend童話(どうわ): fairy-tale話し合う(はなしあう): to discuss; to talk together受話器(じゅわき): (telephone) receiver話す(はなす): (1) to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat (2) to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss (3) to speak (a language)話し掛ける(はなしかける): to accost a person; to talk (to someone)話し中(はなしちゅう): busy (phone)お世話になる(おせわになる): to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted; to be gratefulお世話(おせわ): help; aid; assistance 2 言: say舌: tongue; reed; clapper 言 7 (none) tale Tales are spoken words, passed on from person to person, eventually being spoken by a thousand mouths.

Accepted Answer

ワ tale, talk 5 134 13 149 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば 形声 Phonetic Tales are always spoken, not written, and because of this, words fly out of your tongue, rather than your pen. 344

Kanji	話
Onyomi	ワ
Kunyomi	はな.す、はなし
English	tale, talk
Examples	話合い(はなしあい): discussion; conference 電話(でんわ): (1) telephone call; phone call (2) telephone (device); phone 話(はなし): (1) talk; speech; chat; story; conversation (2) discussions; negotiation; argument 対話(たいわ): dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction 話題(わだい): topic; subject 会話(かいわ): conversation 世話(せわ): looking after; help; aid; assistance 神話(しんわ): myth; legend 童話(どうわ): fairy-tale 話し合う(はなしあう): to discuss; to talk together 受話器(じゅわき): (telephone) receiver 話す(はなす): (1) to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat (2) to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss (3) to speak (a language) 話し掛ける(はなしかける): to accost a person; to talk (to someone) 話し中(はなしちゅう): busy (phone) お世話になる(おせわになる): to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted; to be grateful お世話(おせわ): help; aid; assistance
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	134
Components	言: say 舌: tongue; reed; clapper
Number of Strokes	13
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	tale
Koohii Story 1	Tales are always spoken, not written, and because of this, words fly out of your tongue, rather than your pen.
Koohii Story 2	Tales are spoken words, passed on from person to person, eventually being spoken by a thousand mouths.
RTK Index	344

Talk Discussion Telephone Phone Conversation Aid Assistance Tales