話

Tale

WaniKani level 8 JLPT N5 Joyo grade 2Top 500 · #13413 strokes

Meanings

Tale, Talk

On'yomi

わ

Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.

Kun'yomi

はな.す、はなし

Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.

Stroke order

話 is written in 13 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

About this kanji

話 (Tale) is taught on WaniKani at level 8 and appears in the JLPT N5 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 2 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #134 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 13 strokes.

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Words using 話

お世話になるおせわになるto receive favor お話中おはなしちゅうbusy (phone)逸話いつわanecdote 英会話えいかいわEnglish conversation 会話かいわconversation 携帯電話けいたいでんわmobile phone 公衆電話こうしゅうでんわpublic telephone 懇話こんわfriendly talk 作り話つくりばなしfiction 実話じつわtrue story 手話しゅわsign language 受話器じゅわき(telephone) receiver

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