Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
discreet, reverently, humbly
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2068 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 謹慎 【キンシン】 self restraint, moderating one's own behavior, penitence, discipline, confinement (esp. to one's home), house arrest, suspension (from work or school)
  • 謹賀新年 【キンガシンネン】 Happy New Year
  • 細謹 【サイキン】 slight flaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 慎む 【つつしむ】 to be careful, to be discreet, to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain, to be reverent, to be purified, to be chaste

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin3
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • discreto
  • respetuoso
  • humilde
  • ser discreto
  • ser respetuoso
  • ser humilde

Portuguese

  • discreto
  • reverentemente
  • humildemente

French

  • révérencieusement
  • humblement
  • discret
1180 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1835 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4424 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1151 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1769 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2645 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1247 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1314 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1582 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1705 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2045 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1590 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35850P Morohashi
1618 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1576 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1698 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1882 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
7a10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0461.4 Four corner code
1-22-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b39 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
tale, talk
Kun:
はな.すはなし
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
134 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 話 【ワ】 counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
  • 話題 【ワダイ】 topic, subject, much talked about, topical, in the news, hot
  • 懇話 【コンワ】 friendly talk, chat
  • 秘話 【ヒワ】 secret story, unknown episode

Kun reading compounds

  • 話す 【はなす】 to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat, to tell, to explain, to narrate, to mention, to describe, to discuss, to speak (a language)
  • 話 【はなし】 talk, speech, chat, conversation, topic, subject, discussions, negotiation, argument, rumor, talk, hearsay, tale, story, fable, circumstances, particulars
  • 話し合い 【はなしあい】 discussion, talk, tête-à-tête, conference
  • いい話 【いいはなし】 good story, heartwarming story, good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
  • 固い話 【かたいはなし】 serious topic (of conversation)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cuento
  • charla
  • hablar
  • narrar

Portuguese

  • Conversar
  • falar uma língua
  • conto

French

  • parler
  • histoire
151 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
240 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
221 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
133 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4358 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
180 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
86 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
238 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
238 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
178 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1684 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1928 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1027 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1388 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
350 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35441 Morohashi
1527 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5608 New Nelson (John Haig)
344 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
368 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
125 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
229 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
0266.4 Four corner code
1-47-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a71 Unicode hex code