# 工 craft or industry

★★★★☆
3 strokes
BETA PK PN STRONG

## Onyomi

KOU | as in : "The crafty drug mule smuggled COCAINE on the plane in his COLON. "

## Mnemonic

| It looks like a cross-section of an iron girder. Since this is the kanji for factory (工場), you can think of it like, a girder made at the iron factory.

## Jukugo

工事(こうじ) | construction ★★★★★ 工 (craft or industry) + 事 (action/ incident) = 工事 (construction) construction work - buildings or roads, i.e. what guys do outside your window.
工場(こうじょう) | factory ★★★☆☆ 工 (craft or industry) + 場 (place) = 工場 (factory)
人工的(じんこうてき) な | man-made ★★★☆☆ NEO 人 (person) + 工 (craft or industry) + 的 (motivation / '-al') = 人工的 (man-made)
大工(だいく) | carpenter ☆☆☆☆☆ FP 大 (big) + 工 (craft or industry) = 大工 (carpenter) carpenter. How awesome is that!???! Seriously, I wouldn't even believe my friend when he told me,I was like, 'Cmon, grow up.' He was like, "What is so funny about a daiku carpenter?" I made him look it up in the dictionary and prove it.

## Used In

- 空
- 項
- 尋
- 左
- 築
- 恐
- 紅
- 功
- 式
- 巧
- 攻

## Synonyms

man-made 人工 人造