speech

ことば

Stroke Count7
Kangxi Number#149

About this radical

Words from a mouth — speech. Left form 訁 (ごんべん) is very common. 話 (talk). 語 (language).

Variant forms

This radical changes shape depending on its position in a kanji.

Example kanji

Common kanji that use the radical 言.

say, word ゲン ゴン いう こと

言う(いう)— say

彼は何と言いましたか。

What did he say?

tale, talk ワ はな はなし

話す(はなす)— to speak

日本語で話す。

I speak in Japanese.

language, speech, word ゴ かた

日本語(にほんご)— Japanese language

日本語を勉強する。

I study Japanese.

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