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Kanji: 語

KANJI
14 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
かた
かたらう
 ON 音 
STROKE ORDER
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Look up a kanji:  
JLPT Level:
JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
ごんべん
Meaning:
Word, speech, language
Usage:
Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 300 kanji are used even more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(えいご)
English language
N3
(かた)
to talk, to tell, to recite
N3
(げんご)
language
N3
()
language, word
N3
(ごがく)
language study
N3
(こくご)
national language
N3
(たんご)
word, vocabulary, (usually) single-character word
N3
(ものがたり)
tale, story, legend
N2
(けいご)
honorific, term of respect
N2
(じゅくご)
idiom, idiomatic phrase, kanji compound
N2
(しゅご)
(gram) subject
N2
(じゅつご)
predicate
N2
(ものがた)
to tell, to indicate
N2
(ようご)
term, terminology
N1
(かんご)
Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word
N1
(ごい)
vocabulary, glossary
N1
(ごく)
words, phrases
N1
(ごげん)
word root, word derivation, etymology
N1
(ひょうご)
motto, slogan, catchword
N1
(ぶんご)
written language, literary language
N1
(りゃくご)
abbreviation, acronym
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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