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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

Entry
 とtoい言i うu とto

  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; when one hears ...

    Usually written using kana alone

    住宅事情はと言うと、日本はとても貧しい状態だ。
    As far housing goes, it is very poor in Japan.

  2. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Conjunction

    by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; so that means

    Usually written using kana alonesometimes in sentence-initial position

  3. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

    Usually written using kana aloneindicates that what follows is inevitable

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Characters in this word

1
言
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

say, word

Kun
い.うiuことkoto
On
ゲンgenゴンgon
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
83 of 2500
Radical
言 speech

Built from

言

Used in names as

ときtoki

Words starting with 言Words ending in 言Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-1-6SKIP code
7a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
0060.1Four corner code
3077deroo
8a00Unicode hex code
1-24-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4309Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5552New Nelson (John Haig)
1941New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2440Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
335Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
279A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
439Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
43Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35205Morohashi
274A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
66Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392sakade
85Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118henshall3
142Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
44crowley
203Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.8busy_people
1653Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
341Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan2Pinyin reading
eonKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)