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N5 kanji · 14 strokes

語 means language, word

言 to say · 五 five · 口 mouth

語Memory trick

Five (五) mouths (口) saying words (言): a language.

Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.

Meaning and readings

Meanings
word, speech, language
JLPT level
N5
Strokes
14
School grade
Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) かたる kataru

かたる (kataru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.

Other Japanese readings: かたらう katarau

From Chinese (onyomi) ゴ go

ゴ (go) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.

Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.

Common word

日本語 にほんご · nihongo

Japanese

Built from

Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.

言 Used in 70 kanji

See all 6 at N5 and N4

口 Used in 381 kanji

See all 39 at N5 and N4

The story and the part meanings are Chirami's own. Readings, meanings and the common word come from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, and the strokes from KanjiVG. Spotted a mistake? Email support@brightsmilesolutions.org.