Kanji
N5 13 strokes Grade 2 freq #134

tale, talk

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

telephone call; phone call
dialogue; conversation
topic; subject
conversation; talk
care; looking after
talk; conversation
telephone call; speaking over the telephone
myth; mythology
sponsor; manager
children's story; fairy tale

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

talk; speech
discussion; talk
to discuss; to talk together
busy (phone)
way of talking; speaking style
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to

Example sentences

He went home as soon as he got the phone call.

He said he would give me a call, but he hasn't yet.

He ceased talking suddenly.

He told me an interesting story.