Kanji:話 a talk; a topic; a story
JLPT N5: 71 / 100 | 13 Strokes
話
On: ワ
Kun: はなし; はな・す
Meaning: a talk; a topic; a story
Stroke Order:
Examples:
- 英会話 English conversation (class)
- 昔話 an old tale; legend [note how the はなし becomes ばなし]
- 手話 sign language [lit. hand talk]
Example Sentence:
きのうの話聞いた?
Did you hear yesterday’s speech?
- きのう yesterday
- の [limits the “speech” to that of “yesterday”]
- 話 story; speech
- 聞いた did (you) hear [in informal speech, you can make a question by raising the tone at the end]