Memory phrase for the character: 講

講

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Meaning

lecture

Pronunciation

KŌ

Explanation

 Left: word 言 (sound waves out of mouth 口), right: to pile up (originally two baskets, the lower one 再 turned upside down.)

Mnemonic
 
Words piled up are a lecture.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
pileoriginally two baskets, the lower one turned upside down




 Vocabulary

講演 こうえん  lecture, address
講堂 こうどう  auditorium
必修講義 ひっしゅうこうぎ  compulsory lecture
休講 きゅうこう  lecture cancelled
聴講 ちょうこう  lecture attendance, auditing
講師 こうし  lecturer
講義 こうぎ  lecture
講習 こうしゅう  short course, training
講読 こうどく  reading, translation

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