講 — kanji meaning “lecture”
講
lecture, club, association
- Meanings
- lecture, club, association
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 17
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #653 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 149
- Chinese reading
- jiǎng — Chinese character page
Words with 講
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 講師 | こうし koushi | speaker; lecturer |
| 講演 | こうえん kouen | lecture; address; speech |
| 講義 | こうぎ kougi | lecture |
| 講座 | こうざ kouza | course (e.g. of lectures) |
| 講習 | こうしゅう koushuu | short course; training |
| 講堂 | こうどう koudou | auditorium; lecture hall |
| 受講 | じゅこう jukou | taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course |
| 講和 | こうわ kouwa | reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace |
| 聴講 | ちょうこう choukou | lecture attendance; auditing |
| 開講 | かいこう kaikou | start of a course; start of lectures |
| 講談 | こうだん koudan | storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story |
| 休講 | きゅうこう kyuukou | cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.) |
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