Kanji N3

共: together, both, neither

共 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning together, both, neither, written with 6 strokes. It is read キョウ (on) and とも, ともに (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 共同 (きょうどう, cooperation) and 共通 (きょうつう, common).

共

Meanings

  • together
  • both
  • neither
  • all
  • and
  • alike
  • with
Strokes6
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#174 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • とも
  • ともに
  • -ども

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 共

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 共同きょうどう

    cooperation; collaboration; association

    JLPT N3
  • 共通きょうつう

    common; shared; mutual

    JLPT N3
  • 共にともに

    together; jointly

    JLPT N3
  • 公共こうきょう

    public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

    JLPT N2
  • 共和きょうわ

    republicanism

    JLPT N1
  • 共産きょうさん

    communism

    JLPT N1
  • 共存きょうそん

    coexistence

    JLPT N1
  • 共感きょうかん

    sympathy; empathy; response

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.