日本語

Kanji breakdown

• 日 (Rì) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of the sun.

• 本 (běn) · 5 strokes

  Addition of a horizontal line toward the bottom of 木 (tree) to represent the roots of the tree.

• 語 (yǔ) · 14 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 日本語を話します。 — We speak Japanese.
2. 日本語を話せます。 — I can speak Japanese.
3. 日本語が話せますか。 — Do you speak Japanese?
4. 日本語は話せますか。 — Do you speak Japanese?
5. 日本語を話せますか。 — Can you speak Japanese?

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