KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小213 strokesRadical 言#134 in newspapers
話 · tale, talk
話 is a kanji meaning tale, talk. It has 13 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ワwa
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- はなすhanasu
- はなしhanashi
Practise the N5 kanji
In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 話 · 14 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 電話でんわ | でんわ | a telephone | N5 |
| 話はなし | はなし | talk (chat), story | N5 |
| 話すはなす | はなす | to speak | N5 |
| 会話かいわ | かいわ | conversation | N4 |
| 世話せわ | せわ | looking after; to look after | N4 |
| 話題わだい | わだい | topic, subject | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 話し合うはなしあう | はなしあう | to discuss, to talk together | N3 |
| 受話器じゅわき | じゅわき | (telephone) receiver | N2 |
| 神話しんわ | しんわ | myth, legend | N2 |
| 童話どうわ | どうわ | fairy tale | N2 |
| 話し合いはなしあい | はなしあい | discussion, talk | N2 |
| 話し掛けるはなしかける | はなしかける | to accost a person, to talk (to someone) | N2 |
| 話し中はなしちゅう | はなしちゅう | while talking, the line is busy | N2 |
| 対話たいわ | たいわ | conversation, dialogue | N1 |
Example sentence
自分で話してこい。
じぶんではなしてこい
Go tell him yourself.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #149940 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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