港 – harbor

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#495 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 港 means harbor. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みなと (minato). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	みなと	minato

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 汁・ハ・已・井.

Words using 港

港みなとharbour空港くうこうairport港こうharbour

Example sentences

その船はいま港にある。

The ship is now in the harbor.

Tatoeba #208448

どの空港から出発しますか。

Which airport do I leave from?

Tatoeba #200324

定期船は、火曜日に神戸港に寄港するでしょう。

The liner will call at Kobe on Tuesday.

Tatoeba #125541

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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