港
港 — Harbor
harbor
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiみなと (minato)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 港
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空港 | くうこう kuukou | airport |
| 香港 | ホンコン honkon | Hong Kong |
| 港 | みなと minato | harbour; harbor; port |
| 港湾 | こうわん kouwan | harbour; harbor |
| 開港 | かいこう kaikou | opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade |
| 寄港 | きこう kikou | calling at a port; making an intermediate stop at an airport |
Study notes
港 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #495 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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