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話す

はなす

to talk, to speak

Mnemonic

The same Hannah はな as 話, except that now Sue す is doing the talking and it is aimed squarely at you: はなす.

Built from

talk, story
言 speech + 舌 tongue

Also read はなす

to separate, to detach

Words sharing these kanji

talk, story conversation telephone topic of conversation

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