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

lecture, club, association

On'yomi
  • (Buddhist) lecture meeting ②religious association ③mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

コウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

lecture, club, association
コウ (5th, N2)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
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)
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

to take (e.g. measures) ②to lecture ③to confer
speaker ②lecturer (at a university or college) ③part-time teacher ④tutor (at a cram school)
course (e.g. of lectures) ②academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
reconciliation (between warring nations)
(Buddhist) lecture meeting ②religious association ③mutual assistance association (i.e. for financial assistance)
students attending lectures
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References

Unicode hex code 8B1B
JIS X 0208 1-25-54
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4425
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5689
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1619
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2046
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1078
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1463
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1816
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1957
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 649
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2644
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 702
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 35824X
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 676
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 783
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 797
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 609
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 910
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 703
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 818
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 469
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 495
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1707
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1833
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 7a10.3
Four corner code 0565.7
De Roo Code 3047