Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

稿: draft, copy

Also: manuscript, straw

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

禾 carries the meaning · 高 gives the sound

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 稿こうmanuscript; version; draft
  • 原稿げんこう
  • 投稿とうこう
  • 原稿用紙げんこうようしJapanese writing paper (lined with a…
  • 寄稿きこうcontribution (e.g. to newspaper)
  • 草稿そうこうnotes; draft; manuscript

Also read わら, したがき, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
More in the 禾 grain story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
禾

Also built on grain (禾)

All 32
高

Also built on high (高)

All 2

稿 takes the 高 family's reading, コウ (kou).

Also read コウ

96 kanji share this on'yomiAll 96

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
稿 draft · 禾
vs嵩 be aggravated · 山
稿 has 禾 where 嵩 has 山.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gǎo

Same form: 稿 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
稿 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
稿 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin gǎo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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