Speech

N5 · 7 stroke · 45 kanji

A mouth with sound waves rising — a person speaking, their words filling the air.

Picture a mouth open wide, with sound waves rising like ripples in water. Every word, every sentence, every question begins here. 言 is the act of speaking itself — open your mouth, let the sound out, that is 言.

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Kanji using this radical
3 kanji
Language / Word
かた・る ·
Talk / Story / Speak
はな・す ·
Read
よ・む · どく

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