Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb

    to talk; to carry meaning

    物言えば唇寒し・馬鹿ほど言いたがる。
    He knows most who speaks least.

Also written もの言う【ものいう】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thing, object, matter

Kun
ものもの-
On
ブツモツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
215 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4g4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2752.0Four corner code
2451deroo
7269Unicode hex code
1-42-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2857Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3538New Nelson (John Haig)
874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1050Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
611Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
74Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19959Morohashi
387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313sakade
214Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
410henshall3
313Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
95crowley
321Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1290Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1059Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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