Japanese symbol for “tongues”
異言
いげん
Romaji: igen
tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)
In Japanese, tongues is 異言, read いげん (igen).
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Meanings
- n tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 異常 | いじょう ijou | abnormal; unusual; extraordinary |
| 異性 | いせい isei | the opposite sex |
| 特異 | とくい tokui | unique; peculiar; singular |
| 異動 | いどう idou | (personnel) change; transfer; relocation |
| 異なる | ことなる kotonaru | to differ; to be different; to disagree |
| 異端 | いたん itan | heresy; nonconformism; heathenism |
| 言う | いう iu | to say; to utter; to declare |
| 言葉 | ことば kotoba | language; dialect |
See also: Chinese symbol for “tongues”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.