16 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

talk, (kokuji)

Kun'yomi
  • talk ②topic ③discussions ④rumor

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

はなし 100.0%

Character Breakdown

talk, (kokuji)
はなし (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
new
シン あたら.しい あら.た (2nd, N4)
parent(親) variant
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (8th, N1)

Common Words

professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money
performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience
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References

Unicode hex code 567A
JIS X 0208 1-40-24
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 998
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 903
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2176
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2294
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 4433
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d13.2
Four corner code 6202.1