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語

Language
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingゴ
Kun readingかた.る、かた.らう
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 2Level 10

Verbs with «語»

語る物語る語り合う語りかける語れる

Meanings

  1. language
  2. speech
  3. wordRtK
    彼はその語を辞書で調べた。He looked up the word in his dictionary.tatoeba
    彼は１分間に２００語の割合でしゃべっている。He chatters at the rate of two hundred words a minute.tatoeba
  1. term

Homonyms

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Same reading (ご)
五 · five後 · after御 · honorific/polite/humble prefix碁 · go (board game)

Popular Usage

英語語る言語語学国語敬語熟語主語述語漢語

Radicals and components

Radical言speech訁variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · I · five (五) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 371

Compound words

英語えいご
English (language)
言語げんご
language
語るかたる
to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate; to recite
語学ごがく
study of foreign languages; linguistics
国語こくご
national language; Japanese language (esp. as a school subject in Japan); one's native language; mother tongue; native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords and Chinese-derived words)
敬語けいご
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
主語しゅご
subject
熟語じゅくご
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
私語しご
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
漢語かんご
Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; language of the Han people; Chinese
隠語いんご
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
季語きご
seasonal word (in haiku)
古語こご
archaic word; obsolete word; archaism; old saying; old adage
語りかたり
talk; recital; narration; topic
語気ごき
tone; manner of speaking
語句ごく
words and phrases; words
語源ごげん
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
語彙ごい
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
口語こうご
spoken language; colloquial speech; (modern) spoken Japanese; written style based on (modern) spoken Japanese
死語しご
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
術語じゅつご
technical term; terminology; nomenclature
新語しんご
new word; neologism; newly coined word; recent coinage; newly introduced word (in a textbook)
造語ぞうご
coinage; invention of a new word; coined word
俗語ぞくご
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

On Reading Examples

彼は１日に英単語を１０語覚えた。ご
He memorized ten English words a day.tatoeba
発明や科学技術のために古い語が新しい意味をとるようになる場合が多い。ご
Old words often take on new meanings because of inventions and technology.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は非常に英語に熟達してきた。
He has increased his proficiency in English greatly.tatoeba
彼は秘書にその手紙を英語に翻訳させた。
He had his secretary translate the letter into English.tatoeba
名詞を修飾するものは、形容詞または形容詞相当語句です。
Things that modify nouns are adjectives or equivalent to adjectives.tatoeba
彼は熱心に日本語を勉強した。
He studied Japanese eagerly.tatoeba
亀岡地域の伝統を物語るものだろう。
Such buildings are representative of the tradition of the Kameoka area.wiki
こうして二人は結ばれたのだと語る。
She says this is how they were united in marriage.wiki
国語学国文学専修
Department of Japanese Language and Literaturewiki
英語学英文学専修
Department of English Language and Literaturewiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Language, word. 言 (speech) + 吾 (I) — my speech, a language.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 語

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step