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kou


adroit, skilled, ingenuity




CONTENTS

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.


TRANSLATIONS

English adroit
skilled
ingenuity
Romaji kou
Korean gyo
Mandarin qiao3
Reading コウ
たく.み
たく.む
うま.い
kou
taku.mi
taku.mu
uma.i
Nanori (name) かつ
たくみ
よし
katsu
takumi
yoshi
Radical name - -
      

DETAILS

Kanji
Radical no
Radical Number -
Bushu Number 48
Classical Radical # -
Frequency of use 1537
Jouyou grade level 8
Stroke count 5
Hex ID 392A
Unicode ID 5de7
Four corner code 1112.7
Skip code 1-3-2
Nelson index -
JIS 0208 code -
JIS 0212 code -


COMPONENTS

StrokesRadicalRad. #RomajiEnglish
1 1 ichi one
2 20 hou wrapping enclosure
3 48 kou craft, construction



SAME BUSHU NUMBER 48

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 kou achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
2 kou craft, construction
3 kou adroit, skilled, ingenuity
4 kou aggression, attack
5 mitsugu tribute, support, finance
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SAME JOUYOU GRADE 8

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 a Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
2 ai pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
3 aku grip, hold, mould sushi, bribe
4 kyuu handle, entertain, thresh, strip
5 i reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to
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SAME SKIP CODE 1-3-2

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 u sign of the hare or rabbit, 5-7AM, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, east
2 soto outside
3 kanou grant, answer
4 kan publish, carve, engrave
5 kou achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

# Kanji English
1 みな外交は戦争を避ける助けとなる。
takumi na gaikou ha sensou wo sake ru tasuke tonaru .
Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war.

2 あいつは口ばかりで、誠意がないね。言令色少なし仁とはよくいったもんだ。
aitsuha kuchi bakaride , seii ganaine . kougenreishoku sukuna shi hitoshi tohayokuittamonda .
They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.

3 現実の問題よりも、みな言葉での発言の方に関心がおかれていました。
genjitsu no mondai yorimo , takumi na kotoba deno hatsugen no hou ni kanshin gaokareteimashita .
There has been more interest in clever words than in the real problems.

4 彼のみな話に僕は簡単にだまされてしまった。
kano takumi na hanashi ni bokuha kantan nidamasareteshimatta .
I was easily taken in by his smooth talk. [M]

5 みな経営で事業は成功した。
takumi na keiei de jigyou ha seikou shita .
Skillful management made a success of the business.

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WORD USAGE

# Dict Kanji Hira/Kata English
1 Japanese ボール扱いが
bo^ru atsukai ga umai
ボールあつかいがうまい
bo^ru atsukaigaumai
(adj) being good at handling a ball

2 Japanese
warudakumi
わるだくみ
warudakumi
(n,vs) wiles sinister design trick conspiracy intrigue

3 Japanese 英語が
eigo ga umai
えいごがうまい
eigogaumai
(exp) speak English well

4 Japanese
ki kou
きこう
kikou
(n) trick contrivance cleverness

5 Japanese
gikou
ぎこう
gikou
(n) technique finesse (P)

6 DDB 世間善工匠
seken zen kou koushou
せけんぜんこうくしょう
sekenzenkoukushou
a skilful smith conducting his occupation

7 DDB 世間工
seken kou kou gyou
せけんくぎょうごう
sekenkugyougou
occupations based on worldly practical skills

8 DDB
ki kou
ぎこう
gikou
skill, art

9 DDB 六種方便
roku tane kou houben
ろくしゅぎょうほうべん
rokushugyouhouben
six kinds of skillful means

10 DDB
kou kou ron
くこうろん
kukouron
Treatise on the Arts and Sciences

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

Kanji drawing map

  • The green dot is the starting point!
  • Name above the completed radical is the reading
  • Name below the completed radical is the radical name
  • If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database




REFERENCES

188 New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
1453 Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
1533 The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
- Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
- The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
551 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
- A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
1786 Kanji in Context
137 Kanji Learners Dictionary
1363 Essential Kanji
3152 2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
- A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
- Tuttle Kanji Cards
0a5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1627 Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
8721, 4.0366 Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
1242 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
1444 Gakken Kanji Dictionary
1241 Remembering The Kanji
238 Japanese Names



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© Public Domain with contributions and updating by the EDICT Project. (Examples)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Japanese)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Kanji)
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