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言

say
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingゲン、ゴン
Kun readingい.う、こと
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. sayRtK
  2. word
    - 祝いの言葉。The word 'shukushi' refers to congratulations.wiki
  1. remark
  2. statement

Popular Usage

言う言葉言語言わば言い出す言付ける言葉遣い言い付ける一言片言予言言論

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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words (言) · keitai · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 357

Compound words

言葉ことば
language; dialect; word; phrase; expression
言ういう
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
言語げんご
language
言わばいわば
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
言い出すいいだす
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to bring up; to come out with
言葉遣いことばづかい
speech; expression; wording; language
言えるゆえる
to be possible to say
言論げんろん
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
一言ひとこと
single word; a few words; brief comment
予言よげん
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; foretelling; forecast
言い訳いいわけ
excuse; explanation
遺言ゆいごん
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
過言かごん
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue
甘言かんげん
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
狂言きょうげん
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe
苦言くげん
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
言及げんきゅう
reference; allusion
言質げんち
commitment; pledge; promise
言動げんどう
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour
言明げんめい
declaration; statement; assertion
公言こうげん
declaration; profession
小言こごと
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture; complaint
証言しょうげん
testimony; (verbal) evidence
寝言ねごと
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish

On Reading Examples

彼は伝言をすべて暗記しなければならなかった。でんごん
He had to commit the whole message to memory.tatoeba
彼は弟に遺言を実行してくれと頼んだ。ゆいごん
He asked his brother to execute his will.tatoeba
彼は何も伝言を頼んでいなかった。でんごん
He hasn't left any message.tatoeba
彼は遺言で妻に全財産を残した。ゆいごん
He left all his property to his wife in his will.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

この湯は精神と肉体の調和をもたらすと言われています。いう
It is said that this hot water brings a balance between body and mind.tatoeba
本気で言ってるんです。いう
I mean it.tatoeba
鳩山さんが競馬で妻子を養っていると言っています。いう
Hatoyama says that he supports his family by gambling on horse racing.tatoeba
合言葉は『山』です。誰かが「山」と言ったら「川」と返すのです。あいことば
The password is "Mountain". If someone says "Mountain", you reply "River".tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は忙しいと言いました。
He said he was busy.tatoeba
彼は蜂がお互いに意思伝達をする事が出来ると言う証拠を見つけた。
He found the evidence that bees can communicate with each other.tatoeba
彼は母の助言を馬鹿にした。
He flouted his mother's advice.tatoeba
彼は並外れて優秀とは言わないでも優れている。
He is good, not to say exceptional.tatoeba
お題目とも言う。
It is also called Odaimoku.wiki
蟇目鏑とも言う。
It was also called Hikime Kabura.wiki
火鉢と同意の言葉
Synonyms for hibachiwiki
畠山義堯は言わば、巻き添えをくったようなものである。
Yoshitaka HATAKEYAMA was, so to speak, merely entangled in the situation.wiki
欧米言語文化学科
Department of European and American Linguistic Cultureswiki
言語文化教育研究センター
Institute for Language and Culturewiki
明治時代初の言論弾圧事件である。
This was the first incident of suppression of free speech in the Meiji period.wiki
明治期の大規模な集会・言論弾圧事件として有名。
This incident is also known as a large scale rally and the event for suppression of speech in the Meiji period.wiki

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 言

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