Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
lecture, club, association
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
653 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 講 【コウ】 (Buddhist) lecture meeting, religious association, mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
  • 講演 【コウエン】 lecture, address, speech
  • 進講 【シンコウ】 giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence, lecturing to the Emperor
  • 代講 【ダイコウ】 substitute lecturing, substitute lecturer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang3
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • conferencia
  • discurso
  • explicación
  • asociación
  • grupo
  • reunión
  • hacer las paces

Portuguese

  • conferência
  • clube
  • associação

French

  • cours magistral
  • club
  • association
609 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
703 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
676 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
649 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4425 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
702 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
910 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2644 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
783 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
797 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
495 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1707 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2046 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1078 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1463 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1833 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35824X Morohashi
1619 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5689 New Nelson (John Haig)
1816 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1957 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
469 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
818 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3047 2001 Kanji
7a10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0564.7 Four corner code
0565.7 Four corner code
1-25-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b1b Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
posture, stance, appearance, build, set up
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
316 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 構成 【コウセイ】 composition, construction, formation, makeup, structure, organization, organisation
  • 構図 【コウズ】 composition (of painting), structural outline, compositional arrangement
  • 遺構 【イコウ】 (archaeological) remains, remnants (of ancient structures), ancient foundation
  • 外構え 【ソトガマエ】 outward appearance (of a house), exterior, external structure (of a building; e.g. gate, fence, garage), exterior structure

Kun reading compounds

  • 構える 【かまえる】 to set up (a house, store, etc.), to build, to establish, to run, to maintain, to have at the ready (e.g. a gun), to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera), to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal), to adopt a posture, to assume a stance, to stand ready, to be poised for, to put on an air, to assume an attitude, to stiffen, to tense up, to become formal, to fabricate in order to deceive, to make up, to feign, to plan, to scheme
  • 構う 【かまう】 to mind, to care about, to be concerned about, to have a regard for, to be an issue, to matter, to create inconvenience, to keep company, to care for, to look after, to entertain, to pay attention to, to spend time with, to interfere with, to meddle in, to tease, to banish, to prohibit
  • 構うものか 【かまうものか】 who cares?, I don't give a damn, what does it matter?

Readings

Japanese names:
とち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gou4
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • construir
  • ensamblar
  • preparación
  • preocupación
  • establecerse
  • montar
  • poner
  • interesarse por
  • preocuparse por

Portuguese

  • postura
  • construção
  • fingir

French

  • structure
  • concerné
  • préoccupé
  • construire
  • position
785 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
701 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
675 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
446 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2343 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
455 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
640 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1010 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1048 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
991 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1108 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1325 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
719 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
962 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1835 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15317X Morohashi
1049 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2823 New Nelson (John Haig)
1818 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1959 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
498 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
788 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1847 2001 Kanji
4a10.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
4594.7 Four corner code
1-25-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
69cb Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
subscription, buy
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
945 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 購入 【コウニュウ】 purchase, buying
  • 購読 【コウドク】 buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.), subscribing (incl. free subscriptions), taking (e.g. newspaper)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gou4
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • suscripción
  • compra

Portuguese

  • assinatura
  • compra

French

  • acquisition
  • acheter
  • souscrire
  • s'abonner
1268 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1504 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4522 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1353 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1787 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1011 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1049 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1210 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1749 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2053 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1080 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1467 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1834 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36885X Morohashi
1624 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5823 New Nelson (John Haig)
1817 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1958 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1885 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3947 2001 Kanji
7b10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
6584.7 Four corner code
6585.7 Four corner code
1-25-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cfc Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32
Kun:
みぞ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1736 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 溝 【コウ】 10^32, hundred nonillion
  • 溝渠 【コウキョ】 ditch, sewer, canal
  • 排水溝 【ハイスイコウ】 drainage, gutter, ditch
  • 海溝 【カイコウ】 oceanic trench, deep-sea trench, deep

Kun reading compounds

  • 溝 【みぞ】 ditch, drain, gutter, trench, groove, tread, indentation, gap (between people, countries, etc.), gulf, rift
  • 溝隠 【みぞかくし】 Chinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)
  • 押さえ溝 【おさえみぞ】 groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade
  • 逃げ溝 【にげみぞ】 clearance groove, under cut

Readings

Japanese names:
どぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gou1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • cuneta
  • zanja
  • alcantarilla
  • desagüe

Portuguese

  • ranhura
  • canal
  • encanamento
  • dreno
  • 10 elevado a 32

French

  • rigole
  • fossé
  • égout
  • 10**32
1263 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1706 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2657 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1487 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1859 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1012 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1050 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1499 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1232 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
810 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
473 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
604 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1836 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17944X Morohashi
659 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3275 New Nelson (John Haig)
1819 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1960 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1639 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
347 2001 Kanji
3a10.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3514.7 Four corner code
1-25-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e9d Unicode hex code