話 — talk, speak, story

はな話 talk

U+8A71 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. JLPT 5 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test level. N5 is beginner, N1 is the most advanced. This kanji appears at the 5 level. Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes Freq #134 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #344 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

talk
speak
story

word

はな hana Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

話(はな) す hanasu to speak 話(はな) し合(あ) い hanashiai discussion 話(はな) し合う(あ) hanashiau to discuss 話(はな) せる hanaseru to be able to speak 話(はな) しかける hanashikakeru to speak to

はなし hanashi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

話(はなし) hanashi talk お話(はなし) ohanashi talk お話(はなし) し ohanashi talk

わ wa On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

電(でん) 話(わ) denwa telephone 話(わ) 題(だい) wadai topic お世(せ) 話(わ) osewa care 会(かい) 話(わ) kaiwa conversation 対(たい) 話(わ) taiwa dialogue 神(しん) 話(わ) shinwa myth 英(えい) 会(かい) 話(わ) eikaiwa English conversation 世(せ) 話(わ) sewa care

Stroke order

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