The kanji 共: meaning, readings and stroke order

共

Meaning: together
On reading: キョウ kyou
Kun reading: とも tomo
Strokes: 6
Radical: 八 eight
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cùng nhau, chung (cộng)
Japanese: いっしょに。ともに。
Korean: 함께 (공)
Chinese: 共同、一起

Readings, words and example sentences

キョウ kyou · on reading

共きょう同どう
together, as a team
二人で 共きょう同どうで作りました。
The two of us made it together.

とも tomo · kun reading

共とも
together with
友だちと 共ともに歩きます。
I walk together with my friend.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.