Memory phrase for the Kanji: 語


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Meaning

talk, tell, speak

Pronunciation

GO
kataru

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

Words out of five mouths mean to speak.

Radicals

word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth symbolize the spoken word.
mouthA small square stands for the mouth, and a big square 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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