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坑

Reading

Kana: コウ
Romaji: kou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

pit, hole

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  32
Frequency:  2040
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  gaeng
Chinese Reading:  keng1
Unicode:  5751
JIS:  3923

Indexes

Halpern Index: 236
Nelson Index: 1063
New Nelson Index: 987
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b4.6
Four Corner Index: 4011.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1245
Gakken Index: 1853
Daikanwanjiten Index: 4932
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0159
Remembering the kanji Index: 306
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1148
Kodansha Compact Index: 369
Kanji in Context Index: 1928
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 174
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 208
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 312
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 328
Essential Kanji Index: 1524
Kodansha Kanji Index: 277
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1457
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1108

Words

坑 (こう)
pit (esp. of a mine)
炭鉱 (たんこう)
coal mine; coal pit
坑内 (こうない)
within a pit or (mine) shaft
立坑 (たてこう)
shaft (e.g. in a mine); pit
斜坑 (しゃこう)
inclined shaft
坑道 (こうどう)
tunnel; (mine) level
坑口 (こうこう)
pithead; minehead
坑夫 (こうふ)
miner
入坑 (にゅうこう)
entrance into drift or pit
鉱坑 (こうこう)
shaft; mine; pit
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