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common

ゲン/GEN/    ゴン/GON/    い.う/i.u/    こと/koto/GEN/ゲン/    GON/ゴン/    i.u/い.う/    koto/こと/

say

Radical: 言 (speech).   Strokes: 7画.   Pinyin: yán.   Hangul: 언 [eon].   Nanori: ときtoki.

Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade.   JLPT N4.

Example compounds:
ゲンGEN虚言【きょげんkyogen】falsehood
言辞【げんじgenji】language; speech
甘言【かんげんkangen】cajolery
ゴンGON二言【にごんnigon】double-dealing; repeating oneself
言語道断【ごんごどうだんgongodōdan】outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
過言【かごんkagon】exaggeration; misstatement
いうiu言うまでもない【いうまでもないiumademonai】it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said
こう言う【こういうkōiu】such; like this
ことkoto枕言葉【まくらことばmakurakotoba】pillow word (decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature); preface
花言葉【はなことばhanakotoba】language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
片言【かたことkatakoto】prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
Codepoints and classification codes:
8a00–Unicode
24-32–JIS X 0208
2-1-6–SKIP
7a0.1–TKD
0060.1–Four Corner
3077–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
4309–Classic Nelson
5552–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
1941–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1233–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
335–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
279–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
439–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
43–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
35205–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 10 p. 380
274–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
66–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
392–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
85–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
118–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
142–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
44–The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley
203–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
2.8–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
1653–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
341–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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