How to say 'Word' in Japanese | 語

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The Japanese word for Word is 'Go', written as 語 in Japanese.'Word' in hiragana is ご.

word

語

Meaning

Word

Reading

ご

Kanji

語Language, Word

Explanation

The Japanese noun '語 (ご)' refers to a 'word' or 'language'. It is often used as a suffix to denote a specific type of language or terminology, such as '日本語 (にほんご)' meaning 'Japanese language' or '専門語 (せんもんご)' meaning 'technical term'. Example sentences: I study Japanese words「私は日本語を勉強します」(わたしはにほんごをべんきょうします). This is a technical term「これは専門語です」(これはせんもんごです). The word '語' can also be used in compound words to specify a particular language or dialect, such as '英語 (えいご)' for 'English' or '方言 (ほうげん)' for 'dialect'.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

276

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 語

This word contains 1 kanji character:

kanji

語

Meaning

Language, Word

Words Related to 語 Through the Kanji 語

These 14 Words contain the Kanji 語 as well.

word

語る

Meaning

Tell

word

外国語

Meaning

Foreign language

word

英語

Meaning

English

word

言語

Meaning

Language

word

物語

Meaning

Tale

word

敬語

Meaning

Honorifics

word

外来語

Meaning

Loanword

word

語学

Meaning

Languages

word

共通語

Meaning

Common language

word

用語

Meaning

Term

word

国語

Meaning

National language, Japanese language

word

単語

Meaning

Word

word

和語

Meaning

Native word

word

物語る

Meaning

Indicate, Tell

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'Go' means 'Word' .

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