The kanji 工: meaning, readings and stroke order

工

Meaning: craft, making
On reading: コウ kou、ク ku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 3
Radical: 工 work
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thủ công, chế tạo (công)
Japanese: ものをつくること。
Korean: 만들기, 공작 (공)
Chinese: 手工、制作

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

工こう作さく
crafts, making things
工こう作さくの時間に車を作ります。
In craft class, we make cars.

ク ku · on reading

工く夫ふう
thinking of a clever way
もっとよいほうほうを 工く夫ふうします。
I try to think of a better way.

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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.