14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 5th grade
JLPT exam level N3

posture, stance, appearance, build, set up

Kun'yomi
  • to set up (a house, store, etc.) ②to have at the ready (e.g. a gun) ③to put on an air ④to stiffen ⑤to fabricate in order to deceive ⑥to plan
  • to mind ②to be an issue ③to keep company ④to interfere with ⑤to tease
On'yomi
  • コウ
Nanori
  • とち

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

コウ 63.0%
かまえるかま 37.0%

Character Breakdown

posture, stance, appearance
コウ かま.える とち (5th, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
put together, inner palace
コウ かま.える (Kentei 1)
well, well crib, town
い ショウ セイ (7th, N1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
red, tan
ゼン ネン あや.うい (Kentei 1)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Common Words

splendid ②sufficient ③rather ④structure
to mind ②to be an issue ③to keep company ④to interfere with ⑤to tease
to set up (a house, store, etc.) ②to have at the ready (e.g. a gun) ③to put on an air ④to stiffen ⑤to fabricate in order to deceive ⑥to plan
structure ②posture (e.g. in martial arts) ③readiness ④kanji enclosure type radical (must enclose at least two sides of the kanji)
mechanism ②system
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References

Unicode hex code 69CB
JIS X 0208 1-25-29
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2343
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2823
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1049
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1325
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 719
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Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1818
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1959
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 446
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 455
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 15317X
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 675
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1010
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1048
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 785
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 640
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 701
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 788
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 498
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 991
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1108
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1835
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a10.10
Four corner code 4594.7
De Roo Code 1847