話 – tale, talk

13 strokesTaught in grade 2#134 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 話 means tale, talk. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ワ (wa); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はな.す、はなし (hanasu, hanashi). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ワ	wa
Kun’yomi	はな.す	hanasu
Kun’yomi	はなし	hanashi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 言・口・舌.

Words using 話

話はなしtalk電話でんわtelephone call話すはなすto talk会話かいわconversation世話せわcare話題わだいtopic話し合うはなしあうto discuss神話しんわmyth童話どうわchildren's story受話器じゅわき(telephone) receiver話合いはなしあいdiscussion話し合いはなしあいdiscussion話し掛けるはなしかけるto address (someone)話中はなしちゅうbusy (phone)対話たいわdialogue

Example sentences

人の話に水を差さないでくれ。

Don't throw a wet blanket over our conversation.

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彼は不愉快な話を２時間もした。

He dwelt on an unpleasant subject for two hours.

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３時間議論したが、我々は話がまとまらなかった。

After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.

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Kanji with the same radical

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