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Kanji Detail for 喋 - "chatter, speak"

喋

  • Meaning

    喋 means "chatter, speak." Also associated with peck.

    1. Chatter - To talk rapidly; to babble.

    2. Speak - To talk continuously.

    3. Peck - For a bird to peck at food.

  • Words using 喋

    • 喋る しゃべる Listen to talk; to chat; to chatter
    • お喋り おしゃべり Listen chattering; talk; idle talk

  • Tattoo check: 喋

    • Verified meaning: chatter, speak
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: peck

    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.

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    talk; chat; chatter

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    nag; chatter, babble, twitter

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 喋[die2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to nag; babble, chatter

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

    喋喋: Garrulous and talkative. | 唼喋: Ducks and geese gathering to eat.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shabe.ru(しゃべ-る) しゃべ-る

    tsuiba.mu(ついば-む) ついば-む

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    chatter speak peck talk babble prattle jabber gab blab blather ramble natter gossip conversation communicate rapidly continuously

Sentences including 喋

  • Not a word did he speak.

  • I can speak english.

  • She acknowledged that she couldn't speak french.

  • I often talk to him on the bus.

  • They sat up talking late at night.

  • Tom has been talking on the phone for an hour.

  • The man kept talking for an hour.

  • You speak like your mother.

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