10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 5th grade
JLPT exam level N2

individual, counter for articles

On'yomi
  • counter for articles ②counter for military units ③individual
  • counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

99.1%
0.9%

Character Breakdown

individual, counter for articles
コ カ (5th, N2)
human radical (no. 9)
harden, set, clot
かた.める コ (4th, N2)
box, box or enclosure radical (no. 31)
イ コク (Kentei 1)
old
コ ふる.い ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

counter for articles ②counter for military units ③individual
individuality
single (room) ②private room (in a restaurant, etc.) ③(toilet) stall
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References

Unicode hex code 500B
JIS X 0208 1-24-36
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 489
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 258
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 117
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 132
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 87
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 100
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 973
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1047
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 565
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 502
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 758
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 669
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 973
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1005
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 603
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 322
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 695
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 711
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 455
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 469
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 3.1
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 104
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 982
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a8.36
Four corner code 2620.0
De Roo Code 2177