工 craft

Also: construction, katakana E Radical (no. 48)

On'yomi: コウ、ク、グ
Strokes: 3
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

1
2
3

工 is written in 3 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

The shape is a steel I-beam — a top bar, a bottom bar and a post joining them — the basic piece of construction and craft.

A common word

工場こうじょう factory

Example sentences

父は工場で働いています。
ちちはこうじょうではたらいています。
My father works at a factory.
この道は今、工事中です。
このみちはいま、こうじちゅうです。
This road is under construction now.