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Entry

  1. Noun

    reason; cause

    Usually written using kana aloneusu. in negative

    この刀には不思議ないわれがある。
    This sword has a strange history.

  2. history; origin

Also written 謂われ【いわれ】

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Characters in this word

1
謂
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

reason, origin, history, oral tradition

Kun
い.ういいおも.ういわゆる
On
イ
Strokes
16
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
言 speech

Built from

月言田
Words starting with 謂Words ending in 謂Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-7-9SKIP code
7a9.6The Kanji Dictionary
0662.7Four corner code
8b02Unicode hex code
1-16-66JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4402Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5656New Nelson (John Haig)
1595New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2007Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1441Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2725Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2756Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
35759Morohashi
wei4Pinyin reading
wiKorean reading