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話 = 舌 + 言

話 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tale”. It is built from 舌 (tongue) and 言 (say). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 368.

Keyword
tale
RTK frame
368
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ワ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はな.す, はなし
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
рассказ
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
話 speech

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 舌 tongue
  2. 言 say

How to find 話 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “tongue” + “say”. 話 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 話 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.