稿 — kanji meaning “draft”
稿
draft, copy, manuscript, straw
- Meanings
- draft, copy, manuscript, straw
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- わら、したがき
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1400 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 115
- Chinese reading
- gǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 稿
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原稿 | げんこう genkou | manuscript; copy; draft |
| 投稿 | とうこう toukou | contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.) |
| 草稿 | そうこう soukou | notes; draft; manuscript |
| 寄稿 | きこう kikou | contribution (e.g. to newspaper) |
| 稿料 | こうりょう kouryou | manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing |
| 遺稿 | いこう ikou | posthumous manuscripts |
| 本稿 | ほんこう honkou | this article; this paper; this manuscript |
| 原稿用紙 | げんこうようし genkouyoushi | Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper |
| 出稿 | しゅっこう shukkou | placing (an ad); submission of advertising copy |
| 起稿 | きこう kikou | beginning writing (a draft); drafting |
| 改稿 | かいこう kaikou | revising (a manuscript); rewriting |
| 脱稿 | だっこう dakkou | finishing writing; completion of a manuscript |
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