言
Say
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| げん | い.う | 言 |
Meaning: Say
The radical say is the same as the kanji say!
If, say, you learn your radicals, you’ll know a lot of your kanji as well!
Reading: げん
I want you to say this out loud. Really say it. What generation are you from? Gen Y? Gen X? Please say it out loud.
You’ll have to really focus in on this set of requests and connect them to the meaning of this kanji. Meaning of the kanji is easy to get to, but connecting it to remember the reading is a little more difficult. Spend a little time thinking about how they relate before moving on.
Vocabulary
The kun’yomi is arguably a little more important right now, but over time the on’yomi will become more important than it is now, because you’ll learn more kanji you can use with it.
言う（いう）＝ To Say
言い方（いいかた）＝ Way Of Saying
- 言 (say) + 方 (way)
方言（ほうげん）＝ Dialect
- 方 (way) + 言 (say)
Learned the meanings of the vocab? Learned the kanji and the on’yomi? Okay, you can move on to the next one.