講
講 — Lecture
lecture, club, association
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (17 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 講
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 講演 | こうえん kouen | lecture; address; speech |
| 講師 | こうし koushi | speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college) |
| 講座 | こうざ kouza | course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.) |
| 講義 | こうぎ kougi | lecture |
| 受講 | じゅこう jukou | taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course |
| 講習 | こうしゅう koushuu | short course; training |
Study notes
講 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #653 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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