言ごん偏べん

noun

kanji 'word' radical on the left

Refers to the kanji radical 言 (speech, word) when it appears as the left-side component, e.g., in 話, 語, 読.

• 「話はなし」や「語ご」の左ひだり側がわの部ぶ分ぶんは言ごん偏べんと呼よばれます。

  The left-side part of characters like 話 and 語 is called gonben.