寡言

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Chinese[edit]

few; widowed
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
simp. and trad.
(寡言)

Pronunciation[edit]


Adjective[edit]

寡言

  1. taciturn; reticent

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic (寡言):

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

()(げん) (kagen-na (adnominal ()(げん) (kagen na), adverbial ()(げん) (kagen ni))

  1. taciturn, reticent

Inflection[edit]

Noun[edit]

()(げん) (kagen

  1. reticence, taciturnity

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

寡言 (gwa'eon) (hangeul 과언)

  1. Hanja form? of 과언 (reticence, taciturnity).