功
achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
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Vocabulary
ク
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 功能 | クノウ | effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit |
| 功力 | クリキ | merits (influence) of one's pious acts or religious practice |
| 功田 | クデン | land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryō system) |
コウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 功績 | コウセキ | achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution |
| 功労 | コウロウ | meritorious deed; services |
| 功能 | コウノウ | effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit |
| 成功 | セイコウ | success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity |
| 年功序列 | ネンコウジョレツ | seniority by length of service |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 功夫 | 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) |
| 即功 | そっこう | immediate effect; instant effect |
| しゅん功 | しゅんこう | completion of construction |
| 蛍雪の功 | けいせつのこう | the fruit of diligent study |
| 功徳 | くどく | merit; virtuous deed; act of merit; act of charity; divine reward (for virtuous deeds); grace (of the buddhas and gods); blessing; merit; meritum |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
巧
adroit, skilled, ingenuity
Grade 8JLPT 1
万
ten thousand, 10,000
Grade 2JLPT 5
切
cut, cutoff, be sharp
Grade 2JLPT 4
坊
boy, priest's residence, priest
Grade 8JLPT N/A
均
level, average
Grade 5JLPT 2
坑
pit, hole
Grade 8JLPT 1
攻
aggression, attack, criticize, polish
Grade 8JLPT 1
坂
slope, incline, hill
Grade 3JLPT 2
共
together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with
Grade 4JLPT 3
式
style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
Grade 3JLPT 3