Kanji
話
Talk
Also: Tale, Speak, Story
On'yomi
- わ wa
Kun'yomi
- はな(す) hanasu
- はなし hanashi
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 話
話 has 13 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 言 (speech), number 149. Hashidari places it at JLPT N5. Japanese students learn it in grade 2 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji