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N5Lesson 217 strokes

to say, word

On reading (音読み): ゲン、ゴン
Kun reading (訓読み): い.う、こと

Example words

言(い)いますto say
言葉(ことば)word
言(い)うto say
発言(はつげん)statement
方言(ほうげん)dialect
無言(むごん)silence

In the vocabulary

Words from the course that use this kanji.

言(い)いますto sayLesson 21

Easy to mix up

The book warns about these lookalike kanji.

話to speak, history, conversation 読to read