漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
講: lecture, club
Also: association
JLPT N217 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 言speech(meaning)
- 冓(sound)
言 carries the meaning · 冓 gives the sound
17 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 講演こうえんlecture [n.]
- 講義こうぎlecture [n.]
- 講座こうざcourse
- 講師こうしlecturer
- 講堂こうどうauditorium
- 休講きゅうこうlecture cancelled
- 聴講するちょうこうするaudit (lecture)
- 受講するじゅこうするtake (class)
- 開講するかいこうするstart a new course
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side講 lecture · 言
vs購 subscription · 貝In ChineseSimplified 讲 · traditional, as in Japanese · jiǎng
Japan keeps the traditional form 講; mainland China simplifies it to 讲.
- Simplified
- 讲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 講 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiǎng 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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