稿
稿 — Draft
draft, copy, manuscript, straw
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiわら (wara)
Kun’yomiしたがき (shitagaki)
Stroke order (15 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 稿
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原稿 | げんこう genkou | manuscript; copy; draft |
| 投稿 | とうこう toukou | contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.) |
| 原稿用紙 | げんこうようし genkouyoushi | Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper |
| 稿 | こう kou | manuscript; version; draft |
| 寄稿 | きこう kikou | contribution (e.g. to newspaper) |
| 草稿 | そうこう soukou | notes; draft; manuscript |
Study notes
稿 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1400 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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