Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “方言”

方言

ほうげん

dialect; provincialism

Example sentence

What we call 'Standard English' is only one of the many dialects spoken all over the world.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

方
On
ほう
Kun
かた;-かた;-がた
Stroke count
4

・direction

・person

・alternative

1 2 3 4
言
On
げん;ごん
Kun
い.う;こと
Stroke count
7

・say

・word

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Related words to 方言

5 related words

方言周圏論

ほうげんしゅうけんろん

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center versus periphery theory

方言学

ほうげんがく

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dialectology

方言漢字

ほうげんかんじ

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dialectal kanji;kanji only used in a specific region

方言連続体

ほうげんれんぞくたい

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dialect continuum;dialect chain

方言量

ほうげんりょう

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number of dialectal versions of a word