The kanji 話: meaning, readings and stroke order

話

Meaning: talk, story
On reading: ワ wa
Kun reading: はな（す） hanasu、はなし hanashi
Strokes: 13
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nói chuyện, câu chuyện (thoại)
Japanese: はなす。はなし。
Korean: 이야기하다, 이야기 (화)
Chinese: 说话、故事 (话)

Readings, words and example sentences

ワ wa · on reading

会かい話わ
conversation
二人の 会かい話わを聞きました。
I heard the two of them talking.

はな（す） hanasu · kun reading

話はなす
to talk, to speak
休み時間に友だちと 話はなします。
I talk with my friends at break time.

はなし hanashi · kun reading

話はなし
story, talk
おもしろい 話はなしを聞きました。
I heard an interesting story.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.