話 — Kanji Reference
話 Property Value Meaning talk, story Strokes 13 JLPT Level N5 On-reading (音読み) ワ Kun-reading (訓読み) はな-す、はなし Radical 言 (ごんべん - gonben) [U+8A00] Stroke Order The kanji 話 follows standard Japanese calligraphy rules: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Left side (言): Horizontal stroke 1, followed by three short horizontal strokes 2, 3, 4, then a long horizontal base stroke 5. Then, the mouth (口) component: vertical 6, horizontal-vertical 7, horizontal 8. Right...