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
- —流言groundless rumor (rumour)
- —約言summary; contraction; verbal agreement
- —立言expression of one's views
- —食言eat one's words; break one's promises
- —託言pretext; excuse; plea; message (esp. oral)
- —選言disjunction
- —異言tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)
- —連言conjunction
- —痴言crazy talk; nonsense; jest
- —独言talking to oneself
- —訓言admonitory speech; words of admonition
- —猥言dirty word
- —粗言rude word; inappropriate word; coarse language
- —言述discourse; expression of thoughts, ideas, etc.
- —大言big talk; braggadocio
- —訛言non-standard pronunciation; dialect; mistaken rumor; baseless gossip
- —逸言exaggeration; saying too much; verbal slip
- —艶言flirtation; seductive talk; erotic talk
- —横言selfish words; speaking selfishly
- —汚言frequently uttering obscene words or socially inappropriate remarks