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Kanji Detail for 詞 - "word, lyrics, phrase"

詞

  • Meaning

    詞 means "word, lyrics, phrase."

    1. Word - A unit of language; vocabulary.

    2. Phrase - A group of words; an expression.

    3. Lyrics - Words of a song; verse.

  • Words using 詞

    • 歌詞 かし Listen song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
    • 作詞 さくし Listen (writing) song lyrics
    • 代名詞 だいめいし Listen pronoun; synonym; classic example
    • 形容詞 けいようし Listen adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
    • 動詞 どうし Listen verb
    • 名詞 めいし Listen noun
    • 助詞 じょし Listen particle; postpositional word in Japanese grammar that functions as an auxiliary to a main word
    • 副詞 ふくし Listen adverb

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    • Verified meaning: word, lyrics, phrase
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ことば)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 詞

    Given names 詞(ことば)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    part of speech; words; poetry

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    words; phrase, expression

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    phrase, expression; words, speech

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Literary words. Words forming text are 詞. Same as 辭. | A literary genre. Lyrics. Began in Tang times. A variant of ancient yuefu. | Auxiliary words in writing are called 詞. Such as 兮, 些, 只, 斯, and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kotoba(ことば) ことば

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    word phrase lyrics rhyming poetry sentences language literature narrative prose rhythm song speech verse vocabulary

Sentences including 詞

  • That's my line !

  • I cannot recall the words of the song.

  • I studied my part in the play.

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