Kanji N2

協: co-, cooperation

協 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning co-, cooperation, written with 8 strokes. It is read キョウ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 協力 (きょうりょく, cooperation) and 協会 (きょうかい, association).

協

Meanings

  • co-
  • cooperation
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#121 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
  • None in common use

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 協

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

  • 協力きょうりょく

    cooperation; collaboration; help; support

    JLPT N3
  • 協会きょうかい

    association; society; organization; organisation

    JLPT N1
  • 協議きょうぎ

    conference; consultation; discussion

    JLPT N1
  • 協定きょうてい

    arrangement; pact; agreement

    JLPT N1
  • 協調きょうちょう

    cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination

    JLPT N1
  • 妥協だきょう

    compromise; giving in

    JLPT N1
  • 農協のうきょう

    agricultural cooperative

  • 協賛きょうさん

    support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval

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