N5 Kanji Course

Teacher

Marshall

N5 Kanji 80: 語

Meaning of kanji 語:

In Japanese, 語 means “to talk”.

How to read kanji 語:

Kunyomi	かた
Onyomi	ご

How to write kanji 語:

Origin of kanji 語:

語＝言＋吾
言 means “to say”，吾 means “I”.
When I talk, I need to say something.
so 語 stands for “to talk”.

Development of kanji 語:

Vocabulary containing kanji 語:

Level	Word	Reading	Meaning
Basic	英語	えいご	English
Inter	語る	かたる	to talk
Inter	物語	ものがたり	story
Inter	言語	げんご	language
Inter	用語	ようご	term
Inter	物語る	ものがたる	to tell
Adv	国語	こくご	national language
Adv	単語	たんご	word
Adv	語りかける	かたりかける	to address
Adv	語り合う	かたりあう	to chat
Adv	語学	ごがく	language
Adv	語源	ごげん	etymology
H_Adv	落語	らくご	rakugo
H_Adv	敬語	けいご	honorific
H_Adv	語句	ごく	phrase
H_Adv	語り継ぐ	かたりつぐ	to hand down
H_Adv	語尾	ごび	ending of a word
H_Adv	語彙	ごい	vocabulary
H_Adv	語彙力	ごいりょく	vocabulary
H_Adv	主語	しゅご	subject
S_Adv	語調	ごちょう	tone
S_Adv	造語	ぞうご	coined word
S_Adv	標語	ひょうご	slogan
S_Adv	訳語	やくご	translation
S_Adv	語気	ごき	tone
S_Adv	語り手	かたりて	narrator
S_Adv	熟語	じゅくご	idiom
S_Adv	死語	しご	obsolete word
Others	述語	じゅつご	predicate
Others	略語	りゃくご	abbreviation
Others	文語	ぶんご	written language
Others	母語	ぼご	mother tongue
Others	私語	しご	whisper
Others	隠語	いんご	secret language
Others	俗語	ぞくご	slang
Others	口語	こうご	spoken language

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