N5 Kanji Course

Teacher

Marshall

N5 Kanji 101: 話

Meaning of kanji 話:

In Japanese, 話 means “to talk; story”.

How to read kanji 話:

Kunyomi	はな、はなし
Onyomi	わ

How to write kanji 話:

Origin of kanji 話:

話＝言＋舌，言 means “to say”，舌 means “tongue”, you use your tongue to talk about your story.
So 話 means “to talk; story”.

Development of kanji 話:

Vocabulary containing kanji 話:

Level	Word	Reading	Meaning
Basic	話	はなし	story
Basic	電話	でんわ	phone
Basic	話す	はなす	to talk
Basic	会話	かいわ	conversation
Basic	世話	せわ	care
Inter	話題	わだい	topic
Inter	話し合う	はなしあう	to discuss
Inter	話しかける	はなしかける	to talk to
Inter	神話	しんわ	mythology
Inter	対話	たいわ	dialogue
Adv	話し合い	はなしあい	discussion
Adv	受話	じゅわ	listening
Adv	昔話	むかしばなし	old tale
Adv	談話	だんわ	discourse
Adv	童話	どうわ	fairy tale
H_Adv	通話	つうわ	call
H_Adv	逸話	いつわ	anecdote
H_Adv	立ち話	たちばなし	stand chatting
H_Adv	作り話	つくりばなし	myth
H_Adv	話し言葉	はなしことば	spoken language
S_Adv	手話	しゅわ	sign language
S_Adv	話し手	はなして	speaker
S_Adv	笑い話	わらいばなし	funny story
S_Adv	実話	じつわ	true story

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