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語

word
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingゴ
Kun readingかた.る、かた.らう
JōyōGrade 2

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speechComponents

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
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
単語たんご
word; vocabulary

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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