工
construction, craft, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
3 / 3
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:3
JLPT:4
Frequency:299
Vocabulary
ク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 細工 | サイク | work; workmanship; craftsmanship; handiwork; artifice; trick; device; tampering; doctoring |
| 大工 | ダイク | carpenter |
| 工面 | クメン | contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition |
| 日曜大工 | ニチヨウダイク | weekend carpentry; do-it-yourself; DIY; weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer |
| 不細工 | ブサイク | clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; botched; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain; homely |
コウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加工 | カコウ | manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining |
| 起工 | キコウ | setting to work |
| 工員 | コウイン | factory worker |
| 工科 | コウカ | engineering course |
| 工学 | コウガク | engineering |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工夫 | くふう | devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out; device; design; idea; plan; invention; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation) |
| 着工 | ちゃっこう | starting (construction) work |
| 工場 | こうば | factory; plant; mill; workshop |
| 工合 | ぐあい | condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner; circumstance; luck; face; dignity; decency; propriety |
| 木工 | もっこう | woodworking; woodwork; woodworker; carpenter |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
土
Turkey, earth, ground, soil
Grade 1JLPT 5
士
gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33), scholar
Grade 5JLPT 1
王
king, magnate, rule
Grade 1JLPT 3
五
five
Grade 1JLPT 5
二
two, two radical (no. 7)
Grade 1JLPT 5
与
award, bestow, cause, gift, give, godsend, impart, participate in, provide
Grade 8JLPT 3
三
three
Grade 1JLPT 5
正
10**40, correct, justice, righteous
Grade 1JLPT 4
去
divorce, elapse, eliminate, gone, leave, past, quit
Grade 3JLPT 4
生
birth, genuine, life
Grade 1JLPT 5