Kanji N2

講: lecture, club, association

講 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning lecture, club, association, written with 17 strokes. It is read コウ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 講演 (こうえん, lecture) and 講師 (こうし, speaker).

講

Meanings

  • lecture
  • club
  • association
Strokes17
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#653 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コウ

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 講

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

  • 講演こうえん

    lecture; address; speech

    JLPT N3
  • 講師こうし

    speaker; lecturer

    JLPT N2
  • 講堂こうどう

    auditorium; lecture hall

    JLPT N4
  • 講義こうぎ

    lecture

    JLPT N4
  • 休講きゅうこう

    cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)

    JLPT N2
  • 講習こうしゅう

    short course; training

    JLPT N1
  • 聴講ちょうこう

    lecture attendance; auditing

    JLPT N1
  • 講読こうどく

    reading; translation

    JLPT N1

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