共 — together, both, neither

とも共 together

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+5171 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #174 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1934 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

together
both
neither
all
and
alike
with

word

とも tomo Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

共(とも) tomo together と共(とも) に totomoni together with 共(とも) に tomoni together

きょう kyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

共(きょう) 通(つう) kyoutsuu common 共(きょう) 同(どう) kyoudou cooperation 公(こう) 共(きょう) koukyou public 共(きょう) 有(ゆう) kyouyuu sharing 共(きょう) 感(かん) kyoukan empathy 共(きょう) 和(わ) kyouwa republican 共(きょう) 産(さん) kyousan communism 共(きょう) 生(せい) kyousei symbiosis

Appears in idioms

片利共生四字熟語

one-sided, profit, together, life

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

はち八 eight #12

龷 well

Used as component in (5)

とも供 submit い異 uncommon との殿 mr. うやうやしい恭 respect こう洪 deluge

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#12 八 eight