講

lecture, club, association

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

コウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

17 / 17

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:17

JLPT:N2

Frequency:653

Vocabulary

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
休講	キュウコウ	cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
講演	コウエン	lecture; address; speech
講義	コウギ	lecture
講座	コウザ	course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
講師	コウシ	speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
講ずる	こうずる	to lecture; to read aloud; to give a lecture (on); to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to take (e.g. measures); to carry out (e.g. a plan); to adopt (e.g. a policy); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with); to make up (with); to recite poetry (at a poetry gathering)
講じる	こうじる	to lecture; to read aloud; to give a lecture (on); to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to take (e.g. measures); to carry out (e.g. a plan) to adopt (e.g. a policy); to confer; to hold conference (with); to negotiate (with); to reconciliate (with); to make peace (with); to make up (with)
出講	しゅっこう	giving lectures
ねずみ講	ねずみこう	pyramid scheme
欠講	けっこう	cancellation of lecture or class

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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word, speech, language