Japanese Kanji
曰etsu
say · reason · pretext
Extended kanji · 4 strokes
Say, reason, pretext, history, past, flat sun radical (no. 73).
曰 is a Extended kanji — used in Japanese personal names and specialised writing. With 4 strokes, it appears in classical literature, place names, and formal documents.
Start with hiragana and katakana — the foundation of Japanese reading.