This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: はなし
Romaji: hanashi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

talk, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  30
Frequency:  2308
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-13
Korean Reading:  sin
Unicode:  567a
JIS:  4838

Indexes

Nelson Index: 998
New Nelson Index: 903
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3d13.2
Four Corner Index: 6202.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 4433
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.1164
Remembering the kanji Index: 2176
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2294

Words

(はなし)
talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument
おとぎ話 (おとぎばなし)
fairy-tale; nursery-tale
人情話 (にんじょうばなし)
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
辻噺 (つじばなし)
stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money
噺家 (はなしか)
professional comic (rakugo) storyteller
仕方話 (しかたばなし)
talking with gestures
三題噺 (さんだいばなし)
performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects
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