# 話 — Talk

Frequency rank 59 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 小 (Small), less common than 同 (Same).

- On’yomi: わ
- Kun’yomi: はな、はなし
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 13

Two people lean across a table while words spill out faster than either can control them.

In words:

- 話 はなし — talk,story
- 話す はなす — to speak
- 電話 でんわ — telephone

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