JLPT N4 · 3 strokes
Kanji 工: "craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)"
The kanji 工 means "craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)". It is written with 3 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read コウ, ク, グ in on'yomi.
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
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウクグ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
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
| Meaning | craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48) |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 3 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 299 of 2,501 |
Common words with 工
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 工場factory; plant; mill; workshop
- 工夫devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up · device; design; idea; plan
- 加工manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
- 細工work; workmanship; craftsmanship; handiwork · artifice; trick; device; tampering
- 工事construction work
- 工房workshop; studio; atelier
- 工作handicraft · work; construction; manufacturing
- 人工artificial; man-made; human work; human skill
- 小細工intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork · cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
- 工程process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
- 人工的artificial; unnatural
- 大工carpenter
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