Memory phrase for the Kanji: 語
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語 |
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Meaning
| talk, tell, speak
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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.
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Radicals
言
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word, speech | Sound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word. |
口
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mouth | A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure. |
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
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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