Search Kanji for コウ

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丂

obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release

Meaning: obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release; variant of other characters
Kun-yomi: さまた.げられる
On-yomi: コウ
口

mouth

Meaning: mouth
Kun-yomi: くち
On-yomi: コウ/ク
工

craft

Meaning: craft; construction; katakana e radical (no. 48)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/ク/グ
公

public

Meaning: public; prince; official; governmental
Kun-yomi: おおやけ
On-yomi: コウ/ク
勾

be bent

Meaning: be bent; slope; capture
Kun-yomi: かぎ/ま.がる
On-yomi: コウ/ク
孔

cavity

Meaning: cavity; hole; slit; very; great; exceedingly
Kun-yomi: あな
On-yomi: コウ
区

ward

Meaning: ward; district
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: ク/オウ/コウ
厷

the fore-arm

Meaning: the fore-arm; the upper-arm; round
Kun-yomi: かいな/ひじ/まる.い
On-yomi: コウ
爻

to mix with

Meaning: to mix with; to associate with; to join; double X radical (no. 89)
Kun-yomi: まじ.わる
On-yomi: コウ/ギョウ
亢

high spirits

Meaning: high spirits
Kun-yomi: たかぶる
On-yomi: コウ
夯

heavy load

Meaning: heavy load; burden; lift up
Kun-yomi: かつ.ぐ/にな.う
On-yomi: コウ
夰

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はな.つ
On-yomi: コウ
芁

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ
功

achievement

Meaning: achievement; merits; success; honor; credit
Kun-yomi: いさお
On-yomi: コウ/ク
巧

adroit

Meaning: adroit; skilled; ingenuity
Kun-yomi: たく.み/たく.む/うま.い
On-yomi: コウ
広

wide

Meaning: wide; broad; spacious
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い/ひろ.まる/ひろ.める/ひろ.がる/ひろ.げる
On-yomi: コウ
弘

vast

Meaning: vast; broad; wide
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い
On-yomi: コウ/グ
甲

armor

Meaning: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
Kun-yomi: きのえ
On-yomi: コウ/カン/カ
尻

buttocks

Meaning: buttocks; hips; butt; rear
Kun-yomi: しり
On-yomi: コウ
叩

strike

Meaning: strike; beat; hit; thrash; criticize
Kun-yomi: たた.く/はた.く/すぎ
On-yomi: コウ
夅

to descend

Meaning: to descend; to come down from heaven; to send down
Kun-yomi: お.りる/お.ろす/ふ.る/くだ.る/くだ.す
On-yomi: コウ/ゴ
灮

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ひか.る/ひかり
On-yomi: コウ
劥

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つよ.い
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ
交

mingle

Meaning: mingle; mixing; association; coming & going
Kun-yomi: まじ.わる/まじ.える/ま.じる/まじ.る/ま.ざる/ま.ぜる/-か.う/か.わ
On-yomi: コウ
光

ray

Meaning: ray; light
Kun-yomi: ひか.る/ひかり
On-yomi: コウ
向

yonder

Meaning: yonder; facing; beyond; confront; defy; tend toward; approach
Kun-yomi: む.く/む.い/-む.き/む.ける/-む.け/む.かう/む.かい/む.こう/む.
On-yomi: コウ
后

empress

Meaning: empress; queen; after; behind; back; later
Kun-yomi: きさき
On-yomi: コウ/ゴ
好

fond

Meaning: fond; pleasing; like something
Kun-yomi: この.む/す.く/よ.い/い.い
On-yomi: コウ
匟

divan for two persons

Meaning: divan for two persons
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ
仰

face-up

Meaning: face-up; look up; depend; seek; respect; rever; drink; take
Kun-yomi: あお.ぐ/おお.せ/お.っしゃる/おっしゃ.る
On-yomi: ギョウ/コウ
攷

examine

Meaning: examine; test; investigate
Kun-yomi: かんが.える
On-yomi: コウ
江

creek

Meaning: creek; inlet; bay
Kun-yomi: え
On-yomi: コウ
考

consider

Meaning: consider; think over
Kun-yomi: かんが.える/かんが.え
On-yomi: コウ
行

going

Meaning: going; journey
Kun-yomi: い.く/ゆ.く/-ゆ.き/-ゆき/-い.き/-いき/おこな.う/おこ.なう
On-yomi: コウ/ギョウ/アン
亙

range

Meaning: range; reach; extend; cover
Kun-yomi: わた.る/もと.める
On-yomi: コウ/カン
亘

span

Meaning: span; request
Kun-yomi: わた.る/もと.める
On-yomi: コウ/カン
肎

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: がえんじ.る
On-yomi: コウ
伉

same kind

Meaning: same kind; compare with
Kun-yomi: たぐ.い/なら.ぶ
On-yomi: コウ
扣

knock

Meaning: knock; strike; rap; tap; button
Kun-yomi: たた.く/ひか.える
On-yomi: コウ
扛

raise

Meaning: raise
Kun-yomi: あ.げる
On-yomi: コウ
杏

apricot

Meaning: apricot
Kun-yomi: あんず
On-yomi: キョウ/アン/コウ
汯

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/オウ
沆

ferry

Meaning: ferry; fog; flowing
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い
On-yomi: コウ
亨

pass through

Meaning: pass through; go smoothly
Kun-yomi: とお.る
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ/ホウ
皀

fragrant

Meaning: fragrant; grain
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: キュウ/ヒョク/キョウ/コウ
沟

ditch

Meaning: ditch; drain; narrow waterway
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/ク
刧

threat

Meaning: threat; long ages
Kun-yomi: おびや.かす
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ/キョウ
芤

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ねぎ
On-yomi: コウ/ク
芨

name of a plant

Meaning: name of a plant; the roots are used for various purposes
Kun-yomi: そくず
On-yomi: キュウ/コウ
坑

pit

Meaning: pit; hole
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ
芒

pampas grass

Meaning: pampas grass; beard (grain)
Kun-yomi: すすき/のぎ/のげ
On-yomi: ボウ/コウ/モウ
孝

filial piety

Meaning: filial piety; child's respect
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ
宏

wide

Meaning: wide; large
Kun-yomi: ひろ.い
On-yomi: コウ
囥

hide

Meaning: hide
Kun-yomi: くら
On-yomi: コウ
夾

insert between

Meaning: insert between
Kun-yomi: はさ.む
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ
囦

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ふち/かた.い/はなわ
On-yomi: エン/カク/コウ
抗

confront

Meaning: confront; resist; defy; oppose
Kun-yomi: あらが.う
On-yomi: コウ
攻

aggression

Meaning: aggression; attack
Kun-yomi: せ.める
On-yomi: コウ
更

grow late

Meaning: grow late; night watch; sit up late; of course; renew; renovate; again; more and more; further
Kun-yomi: さら/さら.に/ふ.ける/ふ.かす
On-yomi: コウ
匣

box

Meaning: box
Kun-yomi: はこ
On-yomi: コウ
吽

bark

Meaning: bark; growl
Kun-yomi: ほえ.る
On-yomi: コウ/ウン/イン/オン/グ
劫

threat

Meaning: threat; long ages
Kun-yomi: おびや.かす
On-yomi: コウ/ゴウ/キョウ
吭

throat

Meaning: throat; neck; pivot
Kun-yomi: のど
On-yomi: コウ
吼

bark

Meaning: bark; bay; howl; bellow; roar; cry
Kun-yomi: ほ.える
On-yomi: コウ/ク
呍

moo of a cow

Meaning: moo of a cow; scream; to yell; dogs barking at each other
Kun-yomi: ほえ.る
On-yomi: コウ/ウン/イン/オン/グ
汞

mercury

Meaning: mercury
Kun-yomi: みずがね
On-yomi: コウ
忐

timorous

Meaning: timorous; nervous
Kun-yomi: むな.しい
On-yomi: クン/コウ/キョウ/タン
杠

lever

Meaning: lever; pole; crowbar; carry on the shoulder
Kun-yomi: ちぎり/てこ/ゆずりは
On-yomi: コウ
佝

foolish

Meaning: foolish; stopped over
Kun-yomi: せむし
On-yomi: コウ/ク
忼

weep

Meaning: weep; grieve
Kun-yomi: なげ.く/あなど.る
On-yomi: コウ/ホウ/ヒョウ
阬

pit

Meaning: pit; hole; shaft
Kun-yomi: あな
On-yomi: コウ/キョウ
迒

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あしあと
On-yomi: コウ
肛

anus

Meaning: anus
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ
肓

interior region of the body too deep to be reached by acupuncture

Meaning: interior region of the body too deep to be reached by acupuncture
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コウ
佮

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あ.わせる
On-yomi: コウ
佷

to act contrary to

Meaning: to act contrary to
Kun-yomi: もと.る
On-yomi: コン/コウ/ギン
劶

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: つと.める
On-yomi: コウ/ク
炕

the brick-bed in northern China

Meaning: the brick-bed in northern China
Kun-yomi: あぶ.る
On-yomi: コウ
劻

flurried

Meaning: flurried; be in flurry; zealous
Kun-yomi: あわ.てる
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ
炗

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ひか.る/ひかり
On-yomi: コウ
享

receive

Meaning: receive; undergo; answer (phone); take; get; catch
Kun-yomi: う.ける
On-yomi: キョウ/コウ

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