Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info: 言 (ことば) – say

Henshall Mnemonic: discussion involves righteous use of words

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #25 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 会議   [かいぎ]
  (n) meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 会議室   [かいぎしつ]
  conference room; council room   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 議員   [ぎいん]
  (n) member of the Diet, congress or parliament   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議会   [ぎかい]
  (n) Diet; congress; parliament   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議長   [ぎちょう]
  (n) chairman   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議論   [ぎろん]
  (n,vs) argument; discussion; dispute   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 不思議   [ふしぎ]
  (adj-na,n) wonder; miracle; strange; mystery; marvel; curiosity   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 議案   [ぎあん]
  (n) legislative bill   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 決議   [けつぎ]
  (n) resolution; vote; decision   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議決   [ぎけつ]
  (n,vs) resolution; decision; vote   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議事堂   [ぎじどう]
  (n) Diet building   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議題   [ぎだい]
  (n) topic of discussion; agenda   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論議   [ろんぎ]
  (n) discussion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 討議   [とうぎ]
  (n,vs) debate; discussion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 物議   [ぶつぎ]
  (n) public discussion (criticism)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 合議   [ごうぎ]
  (n) consultation; conference   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 審議   [しんぎ]
  (n) deliberation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 衆議院   [しゅうぎいん]
  (n) Lower House; House of Representatives   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 協議   [きょうぎ]
  (n,vs) conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 抗議   [こうぎ]
  (n,vs) protest; objection   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 参議院   [さんぎいん]
  (n) House of Councillors   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 異議   [いぎ]
  (n) objection; dissent; protest   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 議院   [ぎいん]
  (n) congress or parliament   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議院運営委員会   [ぎいんうんえいいいんかい]
  House Steering Committee   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議事   [ぎじ]
  (n) proceedings   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議事録   [ぎじろく]
  (n) record of proceedings; minutes   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 争議   [そうぎ]
  (n) dispute; quarrel; strike   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議場   [ぎじょう]
  (n) assembly hall; the House   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議席   [ぎせき]
  (n) parliamentary seat   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議定書   [ぎていしょ]
  (n) protocol   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 地方議会   [ちほうぎかい]
  local assembly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 本会議   [ほんかいぎ]
  (n) plenary session; regular session   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 代議   [だいぎ]
  (n) representing others in a conference   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 代議士   [だいぎし]
  (n) parliamentarian; member of a congress   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 町議会   [ちょうぎかい]
  (n) town council   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日本学術会議   [にほんがくじゅつかいぎ]
  (n) Science Council of Japan   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 建議   [けんぎ]
  (n) proposition; motion; proposal; suggestion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 動議   [どうぎ]
  (n) a motion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 和議   [わぎ]
  (n) peace conference or negotiations   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国会議員   [こっかいぎいん]
  (n) member of National Diet; Diet member   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国会議事堂   [こっかいぎじどう]
  (n) (1) National Diet (Japanese parliament); (2) Capitol Hill (US)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 村議会   [そんぎかい]
  (n) village assembly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 区議   [くぎ]
  (n) ward assemblyman   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 都議   [とぎ]
  (n) Metropolitan assemblyman   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 評議   [ひょうぎ]
  (n,vs) conference; discussion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 評議員   [ひょうぎいん]
  (n) board of trustees; a council; board meeting   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 党議   [とうぎ]
  (n) a party council; party conference   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 議 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.