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Kanji Detail for 話 - "talk, to speak, rumor"

話

  • Meaning

    話 means "talk, to speak, rumor."

    1. Talk - A story; a narrative.

    2. To speak - To say; to tell; to chat.

    3. Rumor - Gossip; reputation.

  • Words using 話

    • 電話 でんわ Listen telephone call; phone call; telephone (device)
    • 対話 たいわ Listen dialogue; conversation; talk
    • 話題 わだい Listen topic; subject; much talked about
    • 話し合い はなしあい Listen discussion; talk; tête-à-tête
    • 会話 かいわ Listen conversation; talk; chat
    • 世話 せわ Listen care; looking after; help
    • 談話 だんわ Listen talk; conversation; dialogue
    • 通話 つうわ Listen telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call

  • Four-character idioms with 話

    • 俗談平話 ぞくだんへいわ Listen conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
    • 炉辺談話 ろへんだんわ Listen fireside chat
    • 閑話休題 かんわきゅうだい Listen getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...

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    • Verified meaning: talk, to speak, rumor
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はすいけ)

    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 話

    Surnames 話(はすいけ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tale; talk

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    speech, talk, language; dialect

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    talk, speech; language, dialect

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

    To speak. All ordinary speech is called 話. Such as 白話 (vernacular), 閒話 (casual talk).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    wa(ワ) ワ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hana.su(はな-す) はな-す

    hanashi(はなし) はなし

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    talk to speak rumor story tale conversation speech dialogue discourse discussion chat gossip narration account communication

Sentences including 話

  • You should buy an answering machine.

  • Please don't cut me off like that.

  • Does anyone here speak japanese?

  • I must look after the rabbits.

  • Could you please repeat it slowly?

  • I've had enough of your boasts.

  • He does not speak unless he is asked to.

  • There's no need to speak so loud.

  • It's time to get down to business.

  • Who is going to look after our dog?

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