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Kanji Information Sheet for 話 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 言 (ことば) – say
Henshall Mnemonic: tongue controls words when talking
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #134 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #134 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 話 [はなし]
(io) (n) talk; speech; chat; story; conversation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電話 [でんわ]
(n,vs) telephone [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話す [はなす]
(v5s) to speak [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 話し合う [はなしあう]
(v5u) to discuss; to talk together [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話題 [わだい]
(n) topic; subject [K] [D] [Jisho] - 世話 [せわ]
(n,vs) looking after; help; aid; assistance [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 受話器 [じゅわき]
(n) (telephone) receiver [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話し掛ける [はなしかける]
(v1) to accost a person; to talk (to someone) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話合い [はなしあい]
(n) discussion; conference [K] [D] [Jisho] - 神話 [しんわ]
(n) myth; legend [K] [D] [Jisho] - 童話 [どうわ]
(n) fairy-tale [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 対話 [たいわ]
(n,vs) interactive; interaction; conversation; dialogue [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話し合い [はなしあい]
(n) discussion; conference [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- お話し中 [おはなしちゅう]
(n) busy (phone) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民話 [みんわ]
(n) folklore [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公衆電話 [こうしゅうでんわ]
public telephone [K] [D] [Jisho] - 挿話 [そうわ]
(n) episode [K] [D] [Jisho] - 秘話 [ひわ]
(n) secret story; unknown episode [K] [D] [Jisho] - 昔話 [むかしばなし]
(n) folklore; legend [K] [D] [Jisho] - 逸話 [いつわ]
(n) anecdote [K] [D] [Jisho] - 実話 [じつわ]
(n) true story [K] [D] [Jisho] - 立ち話 [たちばなし]
(n) standing around talking [K] [D] [Jisho] - 作り話 [つくりばなし]
(n) fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話し言葉 [はなしことば]
(n) spoken word [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話し込む [はなしこむ]
(v5m) to be deep in talk [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話し声 [はなしごえ]
(n) speaking voice; talking voice [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電話機 [でんわき]
(n) telephone instrument [K] [D] [Jisho] - 手話 [しゅわ]
(n) sign language [K] [D] [Jisho] - 通話 [つうわ]
(n,vs) (1) telephone call; talking; calling; (2) counter for telephone calls [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電話帳 [でんわちょう]
(n) telephone book; telephone directory [K] [D] [Jisho] - 話込む [はなしこむ]
(v5m) to be deep in talk [K] [D] [Jisho] - 懇話 [こんわ]
(n) friendly (familiar) chat (talk) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 談話 [だんわ]
(n) a talk; conversation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 世話人 [せわにん]
(n) sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent [K] [D] [Jisho] - 長話 [ながばなし]
(n) long talk [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国際電信電話 [こくさいでんしんでんわ]
KDD; Japanese international telecommunications company [K] [D] [Jisho]
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.