10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

large

Kun'yomi
  • おおづな
  • つな
  • つなぐ
On'yomi
  • コウ
Nanori
  • ひろ
  • ひろし

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

large
コウ おおづな つな (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)

Common Words

the eight directions
More Words...

References

Unicode hex code 7D18
JIS X 0208 1-25-41
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3502
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4445
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1298
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1650
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 875
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1193
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2662
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2704
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1949
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 27289
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2190
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6a4.11
Four corner code 2493.2