2308 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 16
Meaning: talk, (kokuji)
Kunyomi: はなし
Onyomi:
Composition: 口 新
Radical: 口
Meaning: mouth, opening
話 （はなし） talk, speech, chat, conversation, topic, subject, discussions, negotiation, argument, rumor, talk, hearsay, tale, story, fable, circumstances, particulars
噺家 （はなしか） professional comic (rakugo) storyteller