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

    figure of speech

    この本は言葉のあやに富んだ本だ。
    This book is full of figures of speech.

Also written 言葉のアヤ【ことばのあや】言葉の綾【ことばのあや】

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Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

Kun
On
ヨウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
414 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-9, 2-3-8SKIP code
3k9.21The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
8449Unicode hex code
1-45-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4001Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5129New Nelson (John Haig)
2321New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2912Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1497Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2024Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
228Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
243Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
405A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1991Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
179Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31387PMorohashi
405A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
253Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
327sakade
870Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
428henshall3
412Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
275crowley
569Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
663Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
233Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie2, ye4, she4Pinyin reading
yeob, seobKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level