単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#14 most used

言う

いう0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

to say

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

I want to say goodbye.

from Tatoeba · tim1452

MEANINGS

1

to say; to utter; to declare

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

2

to name; to call

godan verb · transitive

3

to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

godan verb · intransitive

SOUNDS THE SAME

結うto do up (hair); to dress; to arrangeいう · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#14 most used

Written言う only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium