Kanji N2

庫: warehouse, storehouse

庫 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning warehouse, storehouse, written with 10 strokes. It is read コ, ク (on) and くら (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 冷蔵庫 (れいぞうこ, refrigerator) and 金庫 (きんこ, safe).

庫

Meanings

  • warehouse
  • storehouse
Strokes10
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#852 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コ
  • ク

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

Kun reading
  • くら

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 庫

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

  • 冷蔵庫れいぞうこ

    refrigerator; fridge

    JLPT N5
  • 金庫きんこ

    safe; strongbox; cashbox; vault; strongroom

    JLPT N3
  • 倉庫そうこ

    storehouse; warehouse; godown

    JLPT N2
  • 車庫しゃこ

    garage; carport; depot (for trains, buses, etc.)

    JLPT N2
  • 在庫ざいこ

    stock; inventory

    JLPT N1
  • 文庫ぶんこ

    library; book collection

  • 国庫こっこ

    national treasury

  • 宝庫ほうこ

    treasury; treasure house; storehouse; repository

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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. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.