Kanji1 / 13
話 kanji
tale, talk
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ワ
Kun readings
はなすはなし
Words with 話
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —話術art of conversation
- —話法parlance; manner of speaking; art of conversation; narration; speech; discourse
- —夜話night chat; tale told at night; evening tea party (starting around 6pm); book of informal essays
- —痴話lovers talk; sweet nothings
- —発話utterance; speech
- —悲話sad or tragic story
- —独話talking to oneself; conducting a monologue
- —送話(telephonic) transmission
- —笑話amusing story
- —情話conversing from the heart; love story
- —謹話respectful comments
- —話芸(the art of) storytelling
- —話柄topic; subject
- —話頭topic; subject
- —禅話Zen talk
- —法話Buddhist sermon
- —雑話chitchat
- —白話colloquial Chinese
- —直話one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from someone at first hand
- —念話telepathic communication