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Bushu (Radical) Info: 言 (ことば) – say

Henshall Mnemonic: argument of neatly capped and aligned words

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #227 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N3 Words

• 勿論   [もちろん]
  (adv) (uk) of course; certainly; naturally   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論じる   [ろんじる]
  (v1) to argue; to discuss; to debate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 議論   [ぎろん]
  (n,vs) argument; discussion; dispute   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論争   [ろんそう]
  (n) controversy; dispute   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論文   [ろんぶん]
  (n) thesis; essay; treatise; paper   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 結論   [けつろん]
  (n) conclusion   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 論ずる   [ろんずる]
  (vz) to argue; to discuss; to debate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 概論   [がいろん]
  (n) intro; outline; general remarks   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 評論   [ひょうろん]
  (n) criticism; critique   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 無論   [むろん]
  (adv) of course; naturally   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論議   [ろんぎ]
  (n) discussion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 討論   [とうろん]
  (n,vs) debate; discussion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論理   [ろんり]
  (n) logic   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 異論   [いろん]
  (n) different opinion; objection   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 理論   [りろん]
  (n) theory   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 言論   [げんろん]
  (n) discussion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 弁論   [べんろん]
  (n) discussion; debate; argument   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世論   [せろん]
  (n) public opinion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 世論   [よろん]
  (n) public opinion   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 口論   [こうろん]
  (n,vs) dispute; quarrel   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 方法論   [ほうほうろん]
  (n) methodology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論じ尽くす   [ろんじつくす]
  (v5s) to deal exhaustively with   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論外   [ろんがい]
  (adj-na,n) out of the question   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 唯物論   [ゆいぶつろん]
  (n) materialism   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論客   [ろんきゃく]
  (n) controversialist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論拠   [ろんきょ]
  (n) grounds of an argument   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論告   [ろんこく]
  (n) prosecutor's closing argument   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論旨   [ろんし]
  (n) point of an argument; drift of an argument   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論者   [ろんしゃ]
  (n) advocate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論説   [ろんせつ]
  (n) editorial; dissertation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論戦   [ろんせん]
  (n) verbal dispute   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 両論   [りょうろん]
  (n) both arguments (theories)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論調   [ろんちょう]
  (n) comments   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論点   [ろんてん]
  (n) point in question (at issue)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論評   [ろんぴょう]
  (n,vs) comment; criticism   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 論理的   [ろんりてき]
  (adj-na) logical   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 総論   [そうろん]
  (n) general remarks   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 持論   [じろん]
  (n) one's cherished opinion; pet theory   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 対論   [たいろん]
  (n) arguing face to face   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 激論   [げきろん]
  (n) heated discussion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 反論   [はんろん]
  (n,vs) objection; refutation; rebuttal   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国論   [こくろん]
  (n) public opinion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 推論   [すいろん]
  (n) inference; deduction   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 公論   [こうろん]
  (n) public opinion; unbiased criticism   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 論 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.