Radicals › #149 言
言
言 — the “speech” radical
the 言 radical — words, saying (very common) 65 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 言 radical (65)
議deliberation, consultation言say, word調tune, tone話tale, talk設establishment, provision記scribe, account認acknowledge, witness論argument, discourse計plot, plan談discuss, talk語word, speech証evidence, proof説opinion, theory護safeguard, protect警admonish, commandment訪call on, visit試test, try訴accusation, sue評evaluate, criticism課chapter, lesson識discriminating, know請solicit, invite討chastise, attack読read講lecture, club諸various, many許permit, approve誌document, records譲defer, turnover誘entice, lead診checkup, seeing詰packed, close託consign, requesting誕nativity, be born謝apologize, thank訳translate, reason訟sue, accuse誉reputation, praise誠sincerity, admonish訓instruction, Japanese character reading誤mistake, err詳detailed, full詩poem, poetry誇boast, be proud諮consult with謀conspire, cheat諭rebuke, admonish諾consent, assent詐lie, falsehood誓vow, swear謡song, sing謙self-effacing, humble oneself詞part of speech, words該above-stated, the said訂revise, correct譜musical score, music詠recitation, poem謹discreet, reverently詔imperial edict謄mimeograph, copy詢consult with諒fact, reality謁audience, audience (with king)諄tedious誼friendship, intimacy
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.