Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “片言”

片言

かたこと

prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering

Example sentence

The American boy spoke broken Japanese.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

片
On
へん
Kun
かた-;かた
Stroke count
4

・one-sided

・leaf

・sheet

・right-side kata radical (no. 91)

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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