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話

tale
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingワ
Kun readingはな.す、はなし
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

電話話す会話世話神話受話器

Radicals and components

Radical言speechComponents

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
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
民話みんわ
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
話題わだい
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
お話おはなし
story; tale; talk; discussion
お話中おはなしちゅう
busy (phone)
英会話えいかいわ
English conversation; school for English conversation
作り話つくりばなし
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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