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話 — 13 strokes / Radical「言」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 13 strokes / Radical「言」
On
ワわ · wa
Kun
はな(す)・はなしhana(su) · hanashi
Meaning
to talk, story

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Speaking words (言) with the tongue (舌) — to talk.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onワわwa話題わだい会話かいわ童話どうわ
Kunはなすhanasu話すはなす話し合いはなしあい
Kunはなしhanashi話はなし昔話むかしばなし立ち話たちばなし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 電話でんわ

    telephone

  • 会話かいわ

    conversation

More words with this kanji

  • 昔話むかしばなし
  • 世話せわ
  • 童話どうわ
  • 神話しんわ
  • 対話たいわ
  • 民話みんわ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

友(とも)だちと 話(はな)します。

I talk with my friend.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)