Kanji 講: "lecture, club, association"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 講

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 講こう義ぎlecture
• 講こう師しspeaker; lecturer · lecturer (at a university or college); instructor
• 講こう堂どうauditorium; lecture hall
• 講こう習しゅうshort course; training
• 講こう演えんlecture; address; speech
• 講こう座ざcourse (e.g. of lectures) · academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
• 講こうじる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)
• 講こう釈しゃくexplanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; exposition · explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture
• 無ぶ礼れい講こうunceremonious party; free and easy gathering; party with no regard for formal etiquette or status
• 講こう談だんstorytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
• 講こう和わreconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
• 対たい策さくを講こうじるto take measures (against); to take steps

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