曰

Readings

Kana: エツ、いわ.く、のたま.う、のたま.わく、ここに

Romaji: etsu, iwa.ku, notama.u, notama.waku, kokoni

Kana

Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: ひらび

Romaji: hirabi

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73)

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 4

Radical Number: 73

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 3-3-1

Korean Reading: wal

Chinese Reading: yue1

Unicode: 66f0

JIS: 5B29

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3025

Nelson Index: 2168

New Nelson Index: 2529

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3s1.1

Four Corner Index: 6010.0

Japanese Names Index: 76

Daikanwanjiten Index: 14278

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0952

Remembering the kanji Index: 578

French Remembering the Kanji Index: 585

Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 620

Kodansha Kanji Index: 3757

Words

曰く (いわく)

pretext; history; past; story; according to ...; ... says

曰く言い難し (いわくいいがたし)

It is hard to explain; It is hard to say

宣わく (のたまわく)

according to ...; ... says

宣ふ (のたまう)

to say; to be pleased to say (hint of sarcasm)

曰く付き (いわくつき)

with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain

曰くありげ (いわくありげ)

meaningful; suggestive

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