Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden

    Proverb

    愛するがゆえに言葉にできないこともあるし、言わぬが花ということもあります。
    My love for you won't let me tell you everything. Some things are better left unsaid.
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Characters in this word

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say, word

Kun
い.うこと
On
ゲンゴン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
83 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

とき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-1-6SKIP code
7a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a00Unicode hex code
1-24-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4309Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5552New Nelson (John Haig)
1941New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2440Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
335Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
279A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
439Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35205Morohashi
274A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
66Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392sakade
85Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118henshall3
142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
44crowley
203Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1653Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
341Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
eonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

flower

Kun
はな
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
578 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
3k4.7The Kanji Dictionary
4421.4Four corner code
1956deroo
82b1Unicode hex code
1-18-54JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3909Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4980New Nelson (John Haig)
2211New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2740Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1009Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
551A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
481Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
328Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30734PMorohashi
9A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
255Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43sakade
81Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
70henshall3
69Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
314Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
641Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1018Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hua1Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level