工

X5DE5 工 is Unicode character number 24037, KanjiLiberal, JapanE

工 can be pronoiunced as "kou" and "ke" and refer to some craft work, construction, reparation.

工 is easy to confuse with other Unucode characters from set JapanE.

JapanE

工 is highly confusive characeter.

Up to year 2021, yet, no standard default font seem to be elaborated such that would provide different picture for different pictures for different Unicode characters.

In particular, the confusion can be caused by the folowing characters:

X2F2F ⼯ , KanjiRadical

X30A8 エ , KatakanaE

X5DE5 工 , KanjiLiberal, sound: コウ、ク; menaing: fraft.

In various computers, at the defualt font setting, these characters look similar.

Even a native Japanese speaker, watching ⼯, エ, 工, is unlikely to answer:
Which of them is X2F2F?
Which of them is X30A8?
Which of them is X5DE5?

Before the identification, the correct specification of such a character is

"X2F2F ⼯ or X30A8 エ or X5DE5 工"

Term JapanE is defined as substitute of this (long and complicated) construction.

Characters of JapanE can be identified with PHP program du.t; here is example of the activation:

php du.t ⼯エ工

X5DE5 工 seems to be more popular, usual, than other JapanE characters.

Graphic

       versions of 工

The specific view of character 工 depends on the software. The three examples are shown in figure at tight.

Up to year 2021, no standard default font seems to be established, that would show character 工 in the same way at various computers.

In general, character 工 looks as ascii character I with exaggerated serifs at the top and at the bottom, or as ascii H rotated for 90 degrees.

However, dependently on the software, this "I" may happebed to be deformed, as if the default font designer had been a little bit drunk while drawing it.

Jisho

Jisho

suggests:

3 strokes. JLPT N4. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2.

工

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

On: コウ、 ク、 グ

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Nihongomaster

Nihongomaster suggests:

3 Strokes JLPT Level 4

Definition of 工 craft construction katakana e radical (no. 48)

Readings On'Yomi (音読み) コウ ク グ

Popular Words With This Kanji

工場, こうじょう, こうば factory, plant, mill, workshop

工事, こうじ construction work, construction, work (related to construction, e.g. painting, concrete-pouring, etc.)

工業, こうぎょう (manufacturing) industry

匠, 工, たくみ, しょう workman, artisan, mechanic, carpenter, craft, skill, means, idea

工夫, 功夫, くふう scheme, device, scheming, devising, figuring out, coming up with, solving ingeniously, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

工作, こうさく work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering, manoeuvering

加工, かこう manufacturing, processing, treatment, machining

人工, じんこう artificial, man-made, human work, human skill, artificiality

着工, ちゃっこう start of (construction) work

工学, こうがく engineering

Charles Kelly

Charles Kelly suggests:

工 craft

craft; construction; skill コウ、ク

Strokes: 3, Indexing radical: 工

大工 だいく carpenter
工場 こうじょう factory
工夫 くふう device; scheme

Selected Words with Definitions from WWWJDIC

工場 こうじょう factory; plant; mill; workshop (n) ***
工事 こうじ construction work (n) ***
工業 こうぎょう (manufacturing) industry (n) **
工夫 くふう device; scheme (n,vs) **
工作 こうさく work; construction; handicraft; maneuvering (n) **
加工 かこう manufacturing; processing; treatment (n) **
人工 じんこう artificial; manmade; human work; human skill; artificiality (n) **
着工 ちゃっこう start of (construction) work (n) **
工学 こうがく engineering (n) *
商工会議所 しょうこうかいぎしょ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (n,vs) *

Kotobank

Kotobank suggests:

工（読み）こう

精選版 日本国語大辞典「工」の解説

こう【工】

〘名〙

① 道具を使って物を造り出すこと。また、それを業とする者。細工をする人。工匠。職人。職工。たくみ。〔文明本節用集（室町中）〕

※交易問答（1869）〈加藤弘之〉下「農工商といふ者は三鼎の様なもので」 〔論語‐衛霊公〕

② いろいろと工夫すること。

※芭蕉雑記（1923‐24）〈芥川龍之介〉一一「字眼とは一字の工(コウ)の為に一句を穎異(えいい)ならしめるものである」

③ 雅楽の管楽器、篳篥(ひちりき)の上から八番目の穴の名。音は盤渉(ばんしき)（ロ音）。

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Kanjipedia

Kanjipedia suggests:

工 常用漢字

教育漢字 9級

画数：(3)

部首： 音

コウ・ク 訓

外たくみ・たくむ・わざ

意味
①物をつくる。たくむ。また、しごと。わざ。「工作」「細工」
②物をつくる人。たくみ。「職工」「大工」
③「工業」の略。「商工」

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References

Keywords

Charles Kelly, Confusion, JapanE, Japanese, Kanji, KanjiConfudal, KanjiLiberal, KanjiRadical, Kotobank, Nihongomaster, Unicode X2F2F ⼯ , X30A8 エ , X5DE5 工 ,