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詞 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「言」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「言」
On
シし · shi
Kun
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Meaning
words; part of speech; lyrics

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

言 "speech" plus 司 "to take charge"; words taken in hand and managed — hence "words, part of speech."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi歌詞かし作詞さくし品詞ひんし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 作詞さくし

    writing lyrics

  • 名詞めいし

    noun

More words with this kanji

  • 助詞じょし
  • 誄詞るいし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この歌(うた)の作詞(さくし)は先生(せんせい)だ。

The lyrics of this song were written by our teacher.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

作詞名詞詞作to mak…名name討to att…訳transl…訪to vis…誠sincer…認to rec…至to rea…私I姿figure視to loo…巳the Sn…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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