工 – Kanji details

Keyword

construction

Info

Frequency	Top 600-700
Type	Kyōiku (2nd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 9
Heisig	80
Readings	こう (78%) く (17%) たくみ (2%) ぐ (1%)
	だくみ

Mnemonic

A pictograph of a steel I-beam used during construction.

Used in kanji (31 in total)

empty air

difference

attack

fear

ceremony

left

inquire

deep red

success

large river

construct

sorceress

paragraph

skillful

rainbow

tribute

anal

ancient harp

large goose

sound of footsteps

lifespan [old]

woodworker

crowbar

get confused

???

mercury

???

to hide [old]

???

small kidney bean

streams running underground

Used in vocabulary (654 in total)

工こう場じょう

factory; plant; mill; workshop

工く夫ふう

devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

加か工こう

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

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Examples (165 in total)

あなたがこの工こう場じょうで働はたらく女じょ性せいの担たん当とうになります。

You'll be in charge of the women working in this factory.

この村むらには工こう場じょうは一ひとつもない。

There is no factory in this village.

その工こう場じょうは町まちの中ちゅう心しんからはかなり離はなれたところにある。

That factory is pretty far from the town center.