功 — achievement, merits, success

こう功 achievement

こう

U+529F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #857 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #927 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

achievement
merits
success
honor
credit

Readings

On'yomi: こう kou く ku
Kun'yomi: いさお isao

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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).

功(こう) kou merit 成(せい) 功(こう) seikou success 功(こう) 労(ろう) kourou meritorious deed 大(だい) 成(せい) 功(こう) daiseikou great success 功(こう) 績(せき) kouseki achievement 奏(そう) 功(こう) soukou success

Words by frequency and grade

6 words

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