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工

コウ・ク

Craft, construction, industry

Strokes
3
Radical
工
音読み
コウ、ク
訓読み

Meaning

Craft, construction, industry · construcción, oficio

Readings

  • On (音読み): コウ・ク
  • Kun (訓読み): —

Example words

  • 工場(こうじょう)— factory
  • 工事(こうじ)— construction work
  • 大工(だいく)— carpenter

Structure

Radical 工 (たくみ・こう · Work, craft) · 3 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

工事中 = under construction, Japan's most common sign. ク in 大工 (carpenter) and 工夫 (くふう, a clever trick); コウ elsewhere. Identical in shape to katakana エ.

Common mistakes

  • 工事中 = under construction, Japan's most common sign. ク in 大工 (carpenter) and 工夫 (くふう, a clever trick); コウ elsewhere. Identical in shape to katakana エ.

Examples

工場こうじょう

factory

工事こうじ

construction work

大工だいく

carpenter

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