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語 · word, speech
語 is a kanji meaning word, speech, language. It has 14 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ゴgo
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- かたるkataru
- かたらうkatarau
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 語 · 20 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
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| 英語えいご | えいご | English (language) | N5 |
| 語るかたる | かたる | to talk, to tell, to recite | N3 |
| 言語げんご | げんご | language | N3 |
| 語学ごがく | ごがく | language study | N3 |
| 国語こくご | こくご | national language | N3 |
| 物語ものがたり | ものがたり | tale, story, legend | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 語句ごく | ごく | words, phrases | N3 |
| 単語たんご | たんご | word; vocabulary | N3 |
| 敬語けいご | けいご | honorific language (lit., respect language) | N2 |
| 熟語じゅくご | じゅくご | idiom, kanji compound | N2 |
| 主語しゅご | しゅご | (gram) subject | N2 |
| 述語じゅつご | じゅつご | predicate | N2 |
| 物語るものがたる | ものがたる | to tell, to indicate | N2 |
| 用語ようご | ようご | term, terminology | N2 |
| 語彙ごい | ごい | vocabulary, glossary | N1 |
| 語源ごげん | ごげん | word root, word derivation, etymology | N1 |
| 漢語かんご | かんご | Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word | N1 |
| 文語ぶんご | ぶんご | written language, literary language | N1 |
| 略語りゃくご | りゃくご | abbreviation, acronym | N1 |
| 標語ひょうご | ひょうご | motto, slogan, catchword | N1 |
Example sentence
私は英語を教える。
わたしはえいごをおしえる
I teach English.
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 #158299 (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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