Kanji1 / 7
言 kanji
say, word
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ゲンゴン
Kun readings
いうこと
Words with 言
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —不言不語silence
- —片言隻語(not even) a few words
- —流言飛語false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
- —一言半句a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
- —音声言語spoken language
- —通し狂言performance of an entire play
- —狂言自殺faked suicide; sham suicide; pseudocide
- —狂言回しsupporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role
- —人権宣言Declaration of the Rights of Man (during the French Revolution; 1789)
- —照葉狂言type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)
- —言文一致unification of the written and spoken forms of a language
- —言語中枢language center (brain); language centre
- —言語地理linguistic geography
- —言語障害language disorder; speech disorder; speech impediment
- —言語療法speech therapy
- —言論機関organ of public opinion
- —視覚言語visual language
- —造言飛語wild rumor; wild rumour
- —嘉言善行good words and good deeds
- —言を守るto keep one's word