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The kanji 語: meaning, readings and stroke order
語
- Meaning
- language, tell
- On reading
- ゴ go
- Kun reading
- かた（る） kataru、かた（らう） katarau
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 言 speech
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ngôn ngữ, kể (ngữ)
- Japanese
- ことば。かたる。
- Korean
- 말, 이야기하다 (어)
- Chinese
- 语言、讲述 (语)
Readings, words and example sentences
ゴ go · on reading
国語
Japanese (school subject)
国語の 時間に 作文を 書きます。
I write essays in Japanese class.
かた（る） kataru · kun reading
語る
to tell, to talk about
父が むかしの 話を 語ります。
Dad tells stories about the old days.
かた（らう） katarau · kun reading · less common
語らう
to have a friendly chat
友と 夜おそくまで 語らいました。
I chatted with my friend until late at night.
Practise writing 語 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 語 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.