| 392 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 118 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 274 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 279 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4309 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 43 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 85 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 439 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 66 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 66 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 203 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1698 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 341 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35205 | Morohashi |
| 1941 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5552 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 335 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 357 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 44 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
言
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
83 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 言 【ゲン】 word, remark, statement
- 言及 【ゲンキュウ】 reference, allusion
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 狂言 【キョウゲン】 kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play, kabuki play, kabuki performance, make-believe, ruse, trick
- 言語 【ゲンゴ】 language
- 言下 【ゲンカ】 promptly
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 二言 【ニゴン】 double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said, repeating oneself
Kun reading compounds
- 言う 【いう】 to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
- 言うまでもない 【いうまでもない】 goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 言 【げん】 word, remark, statement
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 禍言 【まがごと】 ominous word, ill-omened word, misfortune
- 二言 【ふたこと】 two words, repetition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とき
- Korean:
- eon
Spanish
- palabras
- decir
Portuguese
- Dizer
- palavras
French
- dire
| 3077 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 0060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a00 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1050 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 訳 【ヤク】 translation, version (e.g. "English version")
- 訳者 【ヤクシャ】 translator
- 点訳 【テンヤク】 translating into Braille
- 名訳 【メイヤク】 excellent translation, fine translation
Kun reading compounds
- 訳 【わけ】 conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard, reason, cause, meaning, circumstances, situation
- 訳がない 【わけがない】 there is no way that ..., easy, simple
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 仕分け 【しわけ】 classification, sorting (out), grouping, assortment, assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
Readings
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- traducir
- razón
- motivo
- causa
- significado
Portuguese
- traduzir
- razão
- circunstância
- caso
French
- traduire
- excuse
- cause
- circonstance
- cas
| 874 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 993 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 982 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 879 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4327 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 190 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1743 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1402 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 594 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 604 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 761 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1668 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1865 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 989 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1340 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1082 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 35324P | Morohashi |
| 1473 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5572 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1073 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1154 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 934 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3062 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7a4.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 0768.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8a33 | Unicode hex code |