#83
言
readings
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words containing 言
- 言葉 language, dialect
- 言える to be possible to say, to be able to say
- 言い方 way of saying (something), way of putting it, wording, phrasing, language, expression
- 言い出す to begin to say, to start talking, to broach (a matter), to bring up, to come out with
- 言い切る to declare, to assert, to state definitively
- 言い聞かせる to tell, to (try to) persuade, to advise, to warn, to admonish, to reason
- とも言う also called
- 証言 testimony, (verbal) evidence
- 言動 speech and conduct, words and actions, words and deeds, behavior, behaviour, manners
- 言い返す to talk back, to answer back, to retort, to reply, to respond
- 言い分 one's say, one's point, one's case, one's claim
- 何と言う how (beautiful, tasty, etc.), what a ...
- 言ったって even if I told you
- 言い放つ to declare, to assert, to say bluntly, to say straight out
- 悪く言う to speak badly (of), to speak ill (of), to bad-mouth
- 言い張る to insist, to assert, to be obstinate in saying
- 言語 language
- 寝言 talking in one's sleep, somniloquy
- 言葉遣い speech, expression, wording, language
- 言うまでもない goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 言いつける to tell (to do), to order, to direct, to instruct
- だからと言って while it may be true that, just because, nevertheless, not necessarily
- 言い回し expression, phraseology
- 遺言 will, testament, one's dying wish, one's last words
- 失言 verbal gaffe, verbal slip, slip of the tongue, using improper words
- とやかく言う to say this and that (about), to say (critical) things, to criticize, to be critical (about), to find fault (with), to complain, to raise objections (to), to meddle (in), to interfere (in)
- 言い争う to quarrel, to dispute
- 言いなりになる to do exactly what one is told to do, to be subservient, to be easily controlled
- と言うのは because ..., for ..., the reason being ...
- 言及 reference, allusion
- 言い草 remarks, comments
- 言い渡す to announce, to tell, to sentence, to order
- 言いふらす to spread (e.g. a rumor), to circulate, to disseminate
- 言い当てる to guess right
- 小言 scolding, telling-off, rebuke, lecture
- からと言って just because, even if, even though
Radical
Radical #149
⾔
げん · words, to speak, say
Kanji indexed under the ⾔ radical
Contain 言 but are filed under a different radical
references reference codes
- SKIP
- 2-1-6
- S-H Descriptor
- 7a0.1
- Four Corner
- 0060.1
- De Roo
- 3077
- Nelson (Classic)
- 4309
- Nelson (New)
- 5552
- Halpern (NJECD)
- 1941
- Halpern (KKD)
- 2440
- Heisig
- 335
- Heisig (6th ed)
- 357
- Morohashi
- 35205
- Henshall
- 274
- Spahn-Hadamitzky
- 66
