漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
詞: part of speech, words
Also: poetry
JLPT N212 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 司 gives the sound
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 形容詞けいようしadjective
- 動詞どうしverb
- 名詞めいしnoun
- 助詞じょしparticle, postposition
- 歌詞かしsong lyrics
- 作詞するさくしするwrite a song
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 祝詞のりとShinto ritual prayer
Also read ことば, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
司
Also built on director (司)
詞 takes the 司 family's reading, シ (shi).
In ChineseSimplified 词 · traditional, as in Japanese · cí
Japan keeps the traditional form 詞; mainland China simplifies it to 词.
- Simplified
- 词 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 詞 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cí most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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