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言 means 'say' or 'word'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 149    Frequency: 12   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-1    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 5    Beginner lesson: 6   Begins 299 words   Used in 1054 words   Used in 189 names   Component in 232 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
⾔ (Chinese)   訁   讠 (Chinese)  
Notes
Learn about the radical that turns 売 (sell) into 読 (read) and that transforms 十 (ten) into 計 (arrange).
Components
⿳  ⿱  一 one  一 one  ⿱  一 one  一 one  口 mouth  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 言 is used 26 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 言 is used 967 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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ゲン : 481 words FIND ALL
げ ん ご 1
noun
language  (linguistics terminology)
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ゴン : 53 words FIND ALL
む ご ん 0
noun
silence
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こと : 115 words FIND ALL
こ と ば 3
noun
1. language; dialect  (see also: 言語)
2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark  (see also: 単語)
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いう : 288 words FIND ALL
い う 0
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
ひ と り ご と 0 ひ と り ご と 4
Most common form: ひとりごと
noun
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
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More information
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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   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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