話

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Derived terms 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Alternative spellings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

From 言 ‘words’ + 舌 ‘tongue’

[edit] Han character

話 (radical 149 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹十口 (YRHJR), four-corner 0266₄)

1. speech, talk, language
2. dialect

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1158, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35441
• Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3965, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8A71

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

話 (simplified 话, Yale wa2, wa6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

話 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: わ (wa), かい (kai)
• Kun: はなす (話す, hanasu), はなし (hanashi)

[edit] Derived terms

• 話す (はなす, hanasu)
• 電話 (でんわ, denwa): a telephone
• 電話を切る (でんわをきる, denwa o kiru): to hang up

[edit] Noun

話 (hiragana はなし, romaji hanashi)

1. talking; speaking; speech; conversation
2. a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about
3. rumors; rumours
4. negotiation; consultation; discussion
5. lecture; speech; narrative; story

[edit] Alternative spellings

• 話し
• 噺

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

話
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 화 (revised: hwa, McCune-Reischauer: hwa, Yale: hwa)

• Name (hangeul): 말할()

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

話 (simplified 话, pinyin huà (hua4), Wade-Giles hua⁴)

[edit] Compounds

• 行話 (háng huà)
• 隱話 (yǐn huà)
• 黑話 (hēi huà)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

話 (thoại)