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Level I of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 7 / 2,608

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On’yomi
げん、ごん
Kun’yomi
い、こと
Radical
言 Speech (Kangxi 149)

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 本 (Book), less common than 出 (Exit).

You sit backstage with a confession trapped behind your teeth.

In words

言う いう to sayN5
言葉 ことば word,languageN5
言わば いわば so to speakN3

言 is rank 7 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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