Memory phrase for the Kanji: 話
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話 |
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Meaning
| speak, talk, conversation
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Pronunciation |
WA
hanashi, hanasu |
Explanation |
Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: tongue 舌 |
Mnemonic
| When words are formed by the tongue, that is speaking.
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Radicals
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言
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word, speech | Sound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word. |
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舌
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tongue | The radical shita stands for the tongue. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 昔話 |
むかしばなし |
folklore, legend, reminiscence |
| 話 |
はなし |
speech, talk, chat, conversation |
| 話す |
はなす |
to speak |
| 話題 |
わだい |
topic, subject |
| 神話 |
しんわ |
myth, legend |
| 童話 |
どうわ |
fairy tale |
| 談話 |
だんわ |
a talk, conversation |
| 電話帳 |
でんわちょう |
telephone book, telephone directory |
| 逸話 |
いつわ |
anecdote |
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