話
talk, story
- 言words
- 舌tongue
- kun
- はな.すhana.suはなしhanashi
- on
- ワwa
mnemonic
WORDS (言) plus a TONGUE (舌): put them together and you TALK and tell a STORY. "Wa" (ワ) as in kaiwa, conversation, and denwa, the telephone.
examples
- 話すはなすhanasuto speak
- 話はなしhanashistory, talk
- 電話でんわdenwatelephone