Kanji
N4 7 strokes Grade 2 freq #83

say, word

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)

declaration; proclamation
statement; remark
testimony; (verbal) evidence
proposal; motion
language
word; remark
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play
(one's) speech; expression of views
speech and conduct; words and actions
assertion; declaration

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

so to speak; so to call it
language; dialect
to say; to utter
single word; a few words
way of saying (something); way of putting it
to announce; to tell
one's say; one's point
excuse

Example sentences

He is my closest friend; we are like brothers.

He is a Japanese Edison, as it were.

He could not help getting angry at her words.

He was angry at her words.