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Japanese symbol for “properties”

Romaji: kodougu
small tool; gadget

In Japanese, properties is , read (kodougu).

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Meanings

  1. n small tool; gadget
  2. n (stage) properties; prop
  3. n prop master

Kanji and stroke order

little, small
on: ショウ
kun: ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ-
3 strokes · JLPT 4
road-way, street, district
on: ドウ、トウ
kun: みち、いう
12 strokes · JLPT 4
tool, utensil, means
on: グ
kun: そな.える、つぶさ.に
8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
しょうせつ shousetsunovel; story; (work of) fiction
しょうがっこう shougakkouprimary school; elementary school; grade school
しょうがくせい shougakuseielementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
こがた kogatasmall-sized; small-scale; miniature
ちいさい chiisaismall; little; tiny
しゅくしょう shukushoureduction; curtailment; cut
ほうどう houdoureport (of news); reporting; news
どうろ douroroad; highway
ぐあい guaicondition; state

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.