Info on the Kanji 言

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What is this? "言"

Meaning(s)

say

Reading(s)

onyomi GEN, GON
kunyomi i-u, koto

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stroke count 7
grade 2
jlpt level N4
Example words with 言
WordMeaning
げん
gen
word / remark / statement
あくげん
aku gen
uncomplimentary remarks / slander
ひとこと
hitokoto
single word / a few words / brief comment
いえげん
ie gen
news from home / letter from home
きんげん
kingen
wise saying / maxim
そらげん
sora gen
falsehood / lie
いう
iu
to say / to call / to go / to make a noise
げんか
genka
promptly
げんかい
genkai
wordbook / dictionary
げんがい
gengai
unexpressed / implied / implicit
げんげん
gen gen
every word
げんご
gengo
language
げんこう
genkou
speech and behaviour
げんち
genchi
commitment / pledge or promise
げんうえ
gen ue
telling / stating
げんどう
gendou
speech and conduct / words and deeds
げんほう
gen hou
way of talking / speaking style
げんめい
genmei
declaration / statement / assertion
こげん
ko gen
obsolete word / old proverb
こうげん
kougen
declaration / profession
こうげん
kougen
boasting / bragging / talking big
たかげん
taka gen
boasting / bragging / talking big
さんげん
san gen
three words
じゅうげん
juu gen
succession of words of similar meaning
こごと
kogoto
scolding / fault-finding
しんごん
shingon
true word / mantra / shingon
せつげん
setsu gen
urging / persuasion / declaration
ぜんげん
zengen
previous remarks
たげん
tagen
talkativeness / verbosity / garrulity
たいげん
taigen
uninflected word
だいげん
dai gen
advocacy / pleading by proxy / speaking for another / attorney
たいげん
taigen
big talk / braggadocio
だいげん
dai gen
prefatory words / epigraph
にごん
nigon
double-dealing / double tongue / going back on what one has said / repeating oneself
はつげん
hatsugen
utterance / speech / proposal
ふげん
fugen
silence
もんごん
mongon
wording / classical chinese literary style / traditional written chinese
べつげん
betsu gen
other words
ほうげん
hougen
dialect
まんげん
man gen
many words
めいげん
meigen
wise saying / famous saying
めいげん
meigen
declaration / statement
ようげん
yougen
declinable word / inflectable word
うわうわげん
uwa gen
talking in delirium / incoherent muttering
お小おこごと
o kogoto
fault-finding / scolding
たわたわげん
tawa gen
nonsense / bullshit / silly things / joke
という
to iu
said / called thus
ひとひとげん
hito gen
single word / a few words / brief comment
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Example Sentences with 言
あまりに馬鹿げていて葉にできないことは歌うことで生み出される。

友達はいつも僕のこととても落ち着いてるってうけれど、家族にはいつもいらいらしているってわれるんだ。

両親がくだらないことでい争っていて、とてもいらいらするよ。

「あの音で考え事ができないわ」と、彼女はタイプライターを見つめながらった。



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