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言 means 'say; word'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 149    Frequency: 12   JLPT: N4    Ring: 3    Set: 1    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 5    Beginner lesson: 6   Begins 298 words   Used in 1053 words   Used in 189 names   Component in 120 kanji (70 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゲン   ゴン
Kun
   こと word, saying   いう to say
Additional readings
Name    とき
Variants
訁   (Chinese) 讠  
Notes
Learn about the radical that turns 売 (192: to sell) into 読 (189: to read) and that transforms 十 (33: ten) into 計 (105: plan).
Components
⿳  ⿱  一 one  一 one  ⿱  一 one  一 one  口 mouth  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 言 is used 28 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 言 is used 964 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
ゲン : 480 words FIND ALL
noun
language  (linguistics terminology)
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ゴン : 53 words FIND ALL
noun
silence
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こと : 115 words FIND ALL
noun
1. language; dialect  (see also: 言語)
2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark  (see also: 単語)
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5
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いう : 286 words FIND ALL
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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こと (read as ごと) : 30 words FIND ALL
noun
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
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5
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Additional data
Henshall: 118 (originally: 274)  Joy o' Kanji : 274  Key to Kanji: 290 

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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   one   ひとつ    ひと-    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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