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
- —俚言dialect; language of the common people; colloquial language; slang
- —箴言proverb; maxim; aphorism; Proverbs (book of the Bible)
- —誣言calumny; slander; false accusation
- —讒言false charge; slander; defamation
- —暴言abusive language; violent language; wild words
- —建言offering an opinion (to a superior, the government, etc.); proposal; suggestion; advice
- —古言old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
- —践言keeping one's word
- —揚言opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation
- —片言brief remark; few words; one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement
- —進言advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
- —痛言cutting remark; biting (scathing, bitter) criticism; harsh words
- —緒言foreword; preface
- —祝言festivities; celebration; wedding; marriage ceremony
- —高言boasting; bragging; talking big
- —罵言(verbal) abuse; abusive language
- —抗言protest
- —雅言elegant words; refined diction
- —寸言pithy or short and witty remark; wisecrack
- —序言foreword; preface; introduction