講 — lecture, club, association
こう
講
lecture
こう
U+8B1B
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #653
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1957
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- lecture
- club
- association
Readings
- On'yomi
- こう kou
word
こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
講
kou
lecture
講
演
kouen
lecture
講
師
koushi
lecturer
講
義
kougi
lecture
受
講
jukou
attending a lecture
講
習
koushuu
course
講
じ
る
koujiru
to take measures
講
談
社
koudansha
Kodansha
講
ず
る
kouzuru
to take measures
開
講
kaikou
opening a course
講
和
kouwa
peace
休
講
kyuukou
cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
講
演
会
kouenkai
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker)
講
談
koudan
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery
講
座
kouza
course
聴
講
choukou
lecture attendance
Words by frequency and grade
16 wordsEach dot is a word containing 講: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.