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話

tale
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingワ
Kun readingはな.す、はなし
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. taleRtK
  2. talk
    彼は突然話をやめた。He ceased talking suddenly.tatoeba
  1. speech
  2. chat
  3. conversation
  4. topic

Synonyms

お喋りトーク会話話す

Popular Usage

電話話す会話世話神話受話器

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · tongue · thousand · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 368

Compound words

電話でんわ
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
話すはなす
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell
会話かいわ
conversation; talk; chat
世話せわ
care; looking after; help; assistance; aid
神話しんわ
myth; mythology
受話器じゅわき
(telephone) receiver
話し合うはなしあう
to discuss; to talk together
話しかけるはなしかける
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
話するはなしする
talk
話せるはなせる
お話するおはなしする
story
お話しするおはなしする
逸話いつわ
anecdote; story; episode
懇話こんわ
friendly talk; chat
実話じつわ
true story
手話しゅわ
sign language
昔話むかしばなし
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
挿話そうわ
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
対話たいわ
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
談話だんわ
talk; conversation; dialogue; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks
長話ながばなし
long talk
通話つうわ
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; videoconference call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
童話どうわ
children's story; fairy tale
秘話ひわ
secret story; unknown episode

On Reading Examples

留守の間に田中さんから電話がありました。でんわ
Mr Tanaka called during your absence.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は不愉快な話を２時間もした。はなし
He dwelt on an unpleasant subject for two hours.tatoeba
彼は彼女の話が本当かどうか疑った。はなし
He doubted the truth of her story.tatoeba
彼は動物の話を書き続けた。はなし
He kept on writing stories about animals.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は忙しい人だから、電話でなければ連絡をとれないですよ。
He is a busy man, so you can only get in touch with him by telephone.tatoeba
彼は忘れるといけないので私の電話番号を書き留めた。
He wrote down my phone number in case he should forget it.tatoeba
彼は母の誕生日には必ず電話をかける。
He never fails to call his mother on her birthday.tatoeba
彼は聞き上手だが話すのは苦手だ。
He is a good listener but a poor speaker.tatoeba
京ことばを話す。
She speaks the Kyoto dialect.wiki
中国語はほぼ母国語として会話することができた。
Tosai was able to speak Chinese at virtually a native level.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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