話 — kanji meaning “tale”
話
tale, talk
- Meanings
- tale, talk
- On'yomi
- ワ (wa)
- Kun'yomi
- はな.す、はなし
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #134 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 149
- Chinese reading
- huà — Chinese character page
Words with 話
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 電話 | でんわ denwa | telephone call; phone call |
| 話題 | わだい wadai | topic; subject |
| 会話 | かいわ kaiwa | conversation; talk; chat |
| 対話 | たいわ taiwa | dialogue; conversation; talk |
| 世話 | せわ sewa | care; looking after; help |
| 話し合い | はなしあい hanashiai | discussion; talk; tête-à-tête |
| 通話 | つうわ tsuuwa | telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call |
| 話す | はなす hanasu | to talk; to speak; to converse |
| 神話 | しんわ shinwa | myth; mythology |
| 談話 | だんわ danwa | talk; conversation; dialogue |
| 童話 | どうわ douwa | children's story; fairy tale |
| 話し合う | はなしあう hanashiau | to discuss; to talk together |
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