Kanji: 語

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	言 Radical name: ごんべん
Meaning:	Word, speech, language
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 300 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	英語(えいご)	English language
N3	語(かた)る	to talk, to tell, to recite
N3	言語(げんご)	language
N3	語(ご)	language, word
N3	語学(ごがく)	language study
N3	国語(こくご)	national language
N3	単語(たんご)	word, vocabulary, (usually) single-character word
N3	物語(ものがたり)	tale, story, legend
N2	敬語(けいご)	honorific, term of respect
N2	熟語(じゅくご)	idiom, idiomatic phrase, kanji compound
N2	主語(しゅご)	(gram) subject
N2	述語(じゅつご)	predicate
N2	物語(ものがた)る	to tell, to indicate
N2	用語(ようご)	term, terminology
N1	漢語(かんご)	Chinese word, Sino-Japanese word
N1	語彙(ごい)	vocabulary, glossary
N1	語句(ごく)	words, phrases
N1	語源(ごげん)	word root, word derivation, etymology
N1	標語(ひょうご)	motto, slogan, catchword
N1	文語(ぶんご)	written language, literary language
N1	略語(りゃくご)	abbreviation, acronym