工
工 — craft, construction
- JLPT
- JLPT N4
- Strokes
- 3
- Taught in
- School year 2
- Frequency
- #299 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
-
- こう kou
- く ku
- ぐ gu
- こう kou
Words that use 工
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 工業 こうぎょう (manufacturing) industry JLPT N4
- 工場 こうじょう factory JLPT N4
- 人工 じんこう artificial JLPT N3
- 工夫 くふう devising (a way) JLPT N2
- 工員 こういん factory worker JLPT N2
- 工芸 こうげい industrial arts JLPT N2
- 工事 こうじ construction work JLPT N2
- 大工 だいく carpenter JLPT N2
- 工学 こうがく engineering JLPT N1
- 工作 こうさく handicraft JLPT N1