Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 7
語 language, word
- Meaning
- language, word
- On reading
- ゴ
- Kun reading
- かた(る)
Memory hook
言 (words) beside 吾 (I): the words I use, my language. ゴ. 日本語 nihongo, 英語 eigo.
Words that use 語
日本語
にほんご
Japanese
英語
えいご
English
How to write 語
Stroke order · 14 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
- 1. A short dot.
- 2 to 4. Horizontal.
- 5. Vertical.
- 6. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 7 to 8. Horizontal.
- 9. Vertical.
- 10. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 11. Horizontal.
- 12. Vertical.
- 13. Horizontal, then turn down.
- 14. Horizontal.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
語 is taught on day 23 of the kanji course, alongside 国 本, with two writing passes and a short quiz.