Kanji1 / 7
言 kanji
say, word
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ゲンゴン
Kun readings
いうこと
Words with 言
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —冗言chatter; useless words
- —誓言oath; vow; attestation; solemn pledge
- —切言earnest persuasion; urging strongly; saying harshly; arguing fiercely; cutting remark
- —前言previous remarks
- —俗言colloquial language
- —多言talkativeness; verbosity; garrulity
- —体言uninflectable nominal (in Japanese)
- —代言advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
- —直言straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
- —鄙言vulgar expression; vulgarism; language used in rural areas
- —不言silence
- —付言saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks
- —侮言insult
- —僻言unreasonable talk
- —別言other words
- —放言careless remark
- —万言many words
- —名言wise saying; famous saying; witty remark
- —用言independent inflectable word (in Japanese)
- —例言preface; foreword