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言
言 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “say”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 357. It appears as a component in 89 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- say
- RTK frame
- 357
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ゲン, ゴン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- い.う, こと
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- words, keitai, говорить
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 言 words
Decomposition
No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.
Characters that contain 言
- 警 admonish
- 計 plot
- 詮 elucidate
- 獄 prison
- 訂 revise
- 訃 obituary
- 討 chastise
- 訓 instruction
- 詔 imperial edict
- 詰 packed
- 話 tale
- 詠 recitation
- 詩 poem
- 語 word
- 読 read
- 調 tune
- 談 discuss
- 諾 consent
- 諭 rebuke
- 試 test
- 誠 sincerity
- 証 evidence
- 誕 nativity
- 諦 renunciation
- 諧 orderliness
- 謁 audience
- 詣 visit a shrine
- 諮 consult with
- 識 discriminating
- 訪 call on
- 説 explanation
- 記 scribe
- 詳 detailed
- 誰 who?
- 許 permit
- 認 acknowledge
- 誌 document
- 議 deliberation
- 護 safeguard
- 設 establishment
…and 49 more. See them all in the interactive search.
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