Memory phrase for the Kanji: 語

語

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Meaning talk, tell, speak

Pronunciation

GO
kataru

Explanation

Left: word, speech 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: I, me 吾 (five 五 and mouth 口)

Mnemonic
 
Words out of five mouths mean to speak.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
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 Vocabulary

語 ご  language, word
語る かたる  to talk, to tell, to recite
英語 えいご  the English language
単語帳 たんごちょう  vocabulary notebook
語学 ごがく  language study
言語 げんご  language
物語 ものがたり  tale, story, legend
文語 ぶんご  written language, literary language
主語 しゅご  (gram) subject

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