14 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

fat, grease, lard, paste, ointment, plaster

Kun'yomi
  • fat
On'yomi
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

コウ 87.7%
あぶら 12.3%

Character Breakdown

fat, grease, lard
コウ あぶら (Kentei Pre-1)
tall, high, expensive
コウ たか.い た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)

Common Words

innermost part of the body (where a disease cannot be treated)
plaster ②ointment
plaster figure (bust)
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References

Unicode hex code 818F
JIS X 0208 1-25-49
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5250
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4860
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2141
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2658
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1839
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2923
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2931
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 29800
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2j12.1
Four corner code 0022.7