• 日本語にほんご — Japanese language
• 英語えいご — English language
• 語かたる — to talk, to tell
• 語学ごがく — language study
• 単語たんご — vocabulary word
• 語彙ごい — lexicon, word pool

This character combines 言 (speech) and 吾 (I, self), forming the idea of “speaking for oneself” — to talk, express, or describe. Over time, it came to mean “language” or “word.”

英語えいごを勉強べんきょうしています。
I’m studying English.

語かたってください。
Please tell (your story).

🎧 Practice the native Japanese pronunciation of 語.