Radical 8 de 20 · へん · esquerda

言ごんべん: palavras

Speech and language: talking, reading, writing down, counting out loud.

Encabeça 34 dos 1026 kanji ensinados no ensino fundamental japonês.

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De um desenho a 言

Formas antigas: um exemplo documentado de cada, do Ancient Chinese characters project no Wikimedia Commons (domínio público). As formas variavam muito conforme a época e o lugar. Toque numa imagem para ver a fonte.

1. The picture
A mouth 口 at the bottom, with lines rising above it. They are usually read as words coming out. Scholars disagree on exactly what the top part first showed.
2. Squeezed to the left
On the left it keeps all its strokes and just gets thinner. Look at 話 and 語.

As origens seguem as explicações mais ensinadas. Quando os especialistas discordam, dizemos isso.

Do que a família trata

Speech and language: talking, reading, writing down, counting out loud.

話tale
語word
読read
記scribe

Quando a pista falha

This is one of the most reliable radicals. Almost every member is about words in some way.

A família de 言, ano por ano

Todos os kanji do ensino fundamental classificados sob 言. Toque num para ver o significado (em inglês).

2º ano小2 · 6

言
say, word
話
tale, talk
記
scribe, account
計
plot, plan
語
word, speech
読
read

3º ano小3 · 3

調
tune, tone
談
discuss, talk
詩
poem, poetry

4º ano小4 · 5

議
deliberation, consultation
説
opinion, theory
試
test, try
課
chapter, lesson
訓
instruction, Japanese character reading

5º ano小5 · 8

設
establishment, provision
証
evidence, proof
護
safeguard, protect
評
evaluate, criticism
識
discriminating, know
講
lecture, club
許
permit, approve
謝
apologize, thank

6º ano小6 · 12

認
acknowledge, witness
論
argument, discourse
警
admonish, commandment
訪
call on, visit
討
chastise, attack
諸
various, many
誌
document, records
誕
nativity, be born
訳
translate, reason
誠
sincerity, admonish
誤
mistake, err
詞
part of speech, words