講 — lecture, club, association

こう講 lecture

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 17 strokes

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.

Meanings

lecture
club
association

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(こう) kou lecture 講(こう) 演(えん) kouen lecture 講(こう) 師(し) koushi lecturer 講(こう) 義(ぎ) kougi lecture 受(じゅ) 講(こう) jukou attending a lecture 講(こう) 習(しゅう) koushuu course 講(こう) じる koujiru to take measures 講(こう) 談(だん) 社(しゃ) koudansha Kodansha

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

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#149 言 speech