Learn Japanese Kanji: 話

This kanji has kunyoumi or japanese readings of: はな、or はなし, and it has an onyoumi or chinese reading of: ワ. This character has the meanings: tale, talk, or speak. This character is made up of the following radicals or parts: speech 言 or words, katakana ノ, kanji 十 or ten, and kanji 口 or mouth. You can remember this kanji by the following hint: Tongue 舌 uttering words 言. Our example sentence is: 日本語を話していますか？にほんごをはなしていますか？Do you speak Japanese?