1. 言う ゆう

   to say

2. 言たって いったって

   even if I told you

3. と言えば といえば

   speaking of

4. 言いなりに いいなりに

   exactly as said

5. と言われる といわれる

   to be called ..., to be referred to as ...

6. と言うのは というのは

   (uk) this means, that is to say, because

7. して言えば していえば

   if I must say (choose)

8. とやかく言う とやかくいう

   to say all kinds of things, to complain

9. ずばずば言う ずばずばいう

   to speak one's mind, to speak very frankly

10. からと言って からといって

    while it may be true that, just because, nevertheless, not necessarily

11. だからと言って だからといって

    while it may be true that, just because, nevertheless, not necessarily

12. そうかと言って そうかといって

    but still

13. あっと言わせる あっといわせる

    to startle

14. 一言 いちごん

    single word

15. 悪く言う わるくいう

    to deprecate, to traduce

16. 言い出す いいだす

    to start talking, to speak, to tell, to propose, to suggest, to break the ice

17. 言い表す いいあらわす

    to express

18. 言い及ぶ いいおよぶ

    to refer to, to mention (e.g. theme)

19. 失言 しつげん

    (vs) using improper words, verbal slip

20. 卑言 ひげん

    slang expression

21. 戯言 ざれごと

    joke

22. 予言 かねごと

    prediction, promise, prognostication

23. 二言 にごん

    double dealing, double tongue

24. 妄言 もうげん

    reckless remark, rash remark, abusive language, thoughtless words

25. 他言 たごん

    telling others, revealing to others, letting out a secret

26. 付言 ふげん

    (vs) saying in addition, postscript, additional remarks

27. 言付け ことづけ

    (verbal) message

28. 言い付ける いいつける

    to tell, to tell on (someone)

29. 代言 だいげん

    advocacy, pleading by proxy, speaking for another, attorney

30. 伝言 でんごん

    verbal message, rumor, word

31. 言伝 ことづて

    declaration, hearsay

32. 言い伝える いいつたえる

    to send word

33. 言合う いいあう

    to quarrel

34. 言い合い いいあい

    quarrel, dispute

35. 言い含める いいふくめる

    to give detailed instructions

36. 体言 たいげん

    uninflected word

37. 作り言 つくりごと

    fabrication, lie, fiction

38. 何を言うてんねん なにをいうてんねん

    (ksb:) (sl) What the hell are you saying?!

39. 侮言 ぶげん

    insult

40. 例言 れいげん

    preface, foreword

41. 俚言 りげん

    slang, dialect

42. 俗に言う ぞくにいう

    ``commonly referred to as....''

43. 僻言 へきげん

    unreasonable talk

44. 言い分 いいぶん

    one's say, one's point, complaint, excuse

45. 切言 せつげん

    urging, persuasion, declaration

46. 言い切る いいきる

    to declare, to assert, to state definitively

47. 別言 べつげん

    other words

48. 助言 じょげん

    advice, suggestion

49. 古言 こげん

    obsolete word, old proverb

50. 真言 しんごん

    mantra, quintessential word, Mantrayana, Shingon, Sino-Japanese esoteric Buddhism, originating in the eight century

51. 多言 たげん

    (vs) talkativeness, verbosity, garrulity

52. 名言 めいげん

    wise saying

53. 宣言 せんげん

    (vs) declaration, proclamation, announcement

54. 寝言 ねごと

    talking in sleep, nonsense

55. 寡言 かげん

    reticence, taciturnity

56. 言い当てる いいあてる

    to guess right

57. 巧言 こうげん

    flattery

58. 言い改める いいあらためる

    to correct oneself

59. 強いて言えば しいていえば

    if I'm forced to say something, if anything

60. 怨言 うらみごと

    grudge, complaint

61. 言成り いいなり

    doing as told, yes man

62. 言い掛かり いいがかり

    false accusation, pretext, commitment

63. 言換える いいかえる

    to say in other words

64. 揚言 ようげん

    (vs) opening declaration, profession, declaration in public, proclamation

65. 断言 だんげん

    (vs) declaration, affirmation

66. 言い方 いいかた

    speaking style

67. 言明 げんめい

    declaration, statement, assertion

68. 明言 めいげん

    declaration, statement

69. 言い替えるなら いいかえるなら

    if we put this another way, in other words

70. 言い止す いいさす

    to break off (in middle of sentence)

71. 片言 へんげん

    brief remark, few words

72. 独り言 ひとりごと

    a soliloquy, a monologue, speaking to oneself

73. 言わ猿 いわざる

    say-not monkey

74. 睦言 むつごと

    lovers' talk, whispered intimacies

75. 確言 かくげん

    (vs) assertion, confirmation

76. 空言 そらごと

    falsehood, lie

77. 言い立てる いいたてる

    to state, to insist

78. 箴言 しんげん

    proverb, maxim

79. 結言 けつげん

    summary, wrap-up

80. 繰り言 くりごと

    tedious talk, repetition, complaint

81. 言い習わす いいならわす

    to be handed down, to have a habit of saying

82. 言わぬが花 いわぬがはな

    (id) some things are better left unsaid, silence is golden

83. 言い草 いいぐさ

    remarks, comments

84. 華言 かげん

    flowery words

85. 言葉 ことば

    word(s), language, speech

86. 言い暮らす いいくらす

    to pass the time talking

87. 誣言 ふげん

    calumny, slander, false charge

88. 言語 げんご

    language

89. 言論 げんろん

    discussion

90. 言い足す いいたす

    to add, to say something additional

91. 言い込める いいこめる

    to take down

92. 言い返す いいかえす

    to repeat, to talk back, to answer back

93. 過言 かごん

    exaggeration, saying too much

94. 遺言 ゆいごん

    will, testament, last request

95. 金がものを言う かねがものをいう

    (id) money talks

96. 言い聞かす いいきかす

    to tell someone to do something, to warm, to persuade, to instruct

Kanji Character : 言
Kuten Encoding : 2432
SJIS Encoding : 3840
Unicode Encoding : 8a00
Old Nelson Index : 4309
Radical Number : 149
Frequency Ranking : 249
Gakken Index : 279
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 1941
Heisig Index : 335
Henshall Index : 274
New Nelson Index : 5552
O'Neil Index : 439
Stroke Count : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 7a0.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 0
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 66
SKIP Code : 2-1-6
De Roo Code : 3077
Four Corner Code : 0060.1
Korean reading : eon
Pinyin reading : yan2
Morohashi Index String : 35205
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 10.0380
Morohashi Index Number : 35205
Morohashi Page : 380
Morohashi Volume : 10
Dictionary Codes

R3077