EntryCommon
  1. Adverb (fukushi)

    in this way; like this; so; thus

    Usually written using kana aloneused for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speakersee そうsee ああsee どう

    違いはこうだ。つまり、彼のほうが君よりよく働くのだ。
    The difference is this: he works harder than you.
  2. this (much); so

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. Interjection (kandoushi)

    uh; er; mm; well

    Usually written using kana aloneinterjection used as a verbal pause

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Characters in this word

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this, thus, such, verbal pause

Kun
か、こう、か.く、この、これ、ここに
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Radical
axe

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Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-8-4SKIP code
2o10.9The Kanji Dictionary
4282.1Four corner code
65afUnicode hex code
1-27-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2079Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2386New Nelson (John Haig)
2140Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1521Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2890Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2899Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1670Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
13563Morohashi
si1Pinyin reading
saKorean reading