言
say; word
7 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 83.
Readings
- いう (kun reading): 言う (いう) to say; って言う (っていう) meaning
- ゲン (on reading): 言語 (げんご) language; 言 (げん) word
- こと (kun reading): 言葉 (ことば) word; 一言 (ひとこと) single word
- ゴン (on reading): 無言 (むごん) silence (not speaking); 伝言 (でんごん) (verbal) message
Components
Kanji containing 言
- 議 deliberation
- 調 tune
- 話 tale
- 設 establishment
- 記 scribe
- 認 acknowledge
- 信 faith
- 論 argument
- 計 plot
- 談 discuss
- 語 word
- 証 evidence
- 説 opinion
- 護 safeguard
- 警 admonish
- 訪 call on
- 試 test
- 訴 accusation
- 評 evaluate
- 課 chapter
- 識 discriminating
- 請 solicit
- 討 chastise
- 読 read
- 講 lecture
- 諸 various
- 許 permit
- 誌 document
- 譲 defer
- 誘 entice
- 診 checkup
- 詰 packed
- 託 consign
- 誕 nativity
- 謝 apologize
- 訳 translate
- 訟 sue
- 誉 reputation
- 誠 sincerity
- 訓 instruction
- 誤 mistake
- 詳 detailed
- 詩 poem
- 誇 boast
- 諮 consult with
- 謀 conspire
- 諭 rebuke
- 諾 consent
- 詐 lie
- 獄 prison
- 誓 vow
- 謡 song
- 謙 self-effacing
- 詞 part of speech
- 該 above-stated
- 訂 revise
- 譜 musical score
- 誰 who
- 諏 consult
- 詠 recitation
And 105 more.
Words using 言
- 言う (いう) to say
- って言う (っていう) meaning
- 言い方 (いいかた) way of saying (something)
- 言い訳 (いいわけ) excuse
- 言わす (いわす) to get someone to say
- 言語 (げんご) language
- 言 (げん) word
- 発言 (はつげん) statement
- 助言 (じょげん) advice
- 言及 (げんきゅう) reference
- 言葉 (ことば) word
- 一言 (ひとこと) single word
- 独り言 (ひとりごと) soliloquy
- 寝言 (ねごと) talking in one's sleep
- 褒め言葉 (ほめことば) words of praise
- 無言 (むごん) silence (not speaking)
- 伝言 (でんごん) (verbal) message
- 遺言 (ゆいごん) will
- 文言 (もんごん) wording (esp. of written text)
- 過言 (かごん) exaggeration
- 言ふ方無し (いうかたなし) unspeakable
- えも言はず (えもいわず) indescribable (beauty, awfulness, etc.)
1145 words in all.