稿

draft

Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingコウ

Kun readingわら、したがき

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

draftRtK
彼は新聞に何か寄稿しようと思った。He purposed writing something for the paper.tatoeba
彼は最終稿に忙しく取り組んでいる。He is busy with the final draft.tatoeba
copy
manuscript
彼は彼の今度の劇の原稿を私に見せてくれた。He showed me the manuscript of his new play.tatoeba
彼は私の原稿にざっと目を通してくれた。He ran through my manuscript.tatoeba
straw

version

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical禾grain

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · tall · top hat (亠) · mouth (口) · hood (冂) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 958

Compound words

原稿げんこう

manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution

稿料こうりょう

manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

草稿そうこう

notes; draft; manuscript

投稿とうこう

contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)

原稿用紙げんこうようし

Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

遺稿いこう

posthumous manuscripts

歌稿かこう

manuscript of poem

画稿がこう

寄稿きこう

contribution (e.g. to newspaper)

起稿きこう

beginning writing (a draft)

旧稿きゅうこう

寄稿者きこうしゃ

contributor (of articles)

原稿紙げんこうし

manuscript paper

原稿稼ぎげんこうかせぎ

living on one's writing

投稿するとうこうする

to contribution

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 稿

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step