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言 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「言」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「言」
On
ゲン・ゴンげん・ごん · gen · gon
Kun
い(う)・ことi(u) · koto
Meaning
to say, word

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Words coming out of the mouth — to say.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゲンげんgen言行げんこう言論げんろん宣言せんげん
Onゴンごんgon言上ごんじょう伝言でんごん無言むごん
Kunいうiu言うゆう物言いものいい
Kunことkoto言葉ことば寝言ねごと

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 言葉ことば

    word

  • 方言ほうげん

    dialect

More words with this kanji

  • 助言じょげん
  • 言い訳いいわけ
  • 宣言せんげん
  • 甘言かんげん
  • 言葉の綾ことばのあや
  • 諫言かんげん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

ありがとうと 言(い)います。

I say thank you.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 言Map of reading ゲンAll maps

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