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講

Reading

Kana: コウ
Romaji: kou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

lecture, club, association

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  149
Frequency:  653
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  1-7-10
Korean Reading:  gang
Chinese Reading:  jiang3
Unicode:  8b1b
JIS:  3956

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1619
Nelson Index: 4425
New Nelson Index: 5689
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7a10.3
Four Corner Index: 0564.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 676
Gakken Index: 649
Japanese Names Index: 2644
Daikanwanjiten Index: 35824X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0555
Remembering the kanji Index: 1816
Kanji Way Index: 469
Kanji Flashcards Index: 910
Kodansha Compact Index: 1707
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 703
Kanji in Context Index: 495
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1078
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1463
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1833
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1957
Essential Kanji Index: 702
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2046
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3047
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 609
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 818

Words

講 (こう)
(Buddhist) lecture meeting; religious association; mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
講座 (こうざ)
academic teaching unit; lectureship; professorial chair; course (e.g. of lectures)
講義 (こうぎ)
lecture
講和 (こうわ)
reconciliation; peace
受講 (じゅこう)
taking (attending) lectures
講師 (こうし)
lecturer
講演 (こうえん)
lecture; address; speech
講習 (こうしゅう)
short course; training
講堂 (こうどう)
auditorium; lecture hall
講じる (こうじる)
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
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