Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N5

301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: word, speech, language

Kunyomi: かた.る かた.らう

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(たんご)   word

(えいご)   English language

(けいご)   polite speech

学(げんごがく)   linguistics

日本(にほんご)   Japanese language

標準(ひょうじゅんご)   standard Japanese

外国(がいこくご)   foreign language

る(かたる)   talk

(ものがたり)   story

Onyomi Examples

word, language, speech

ゴガク study of foreign languages, linguistics

ヒョウゴ motto, slogan, catchword

ゾウゴ coined word, coinage, neologism

Kunyomi Examples

かたる to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show

るに落ちる かたるにおちる to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag

らう かたらう to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with