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弧

Reading

Kana: コ
Romaji: ko
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

arc, arch, bow

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  57
Frequency:  2371
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-6
Korean Reading:  ho
Chinese Reading:  hu2
Unicode:  5f27
JIS:  384C

Indexes

Halpern Index: 360
Nelson Index: 1567
New Nelson Index: 1687
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3h6.2
Four Corner Index: 1223.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1230
Gakken Index: 1958
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9757X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0703
Remembering the kanji Index: 1878
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1271
Kodansha Compact Index: 609
Kanji in Context Index: 1447
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 266
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 320
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1896
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2023
Essential Kanji Index: 1729
Kodansha Kanji Index: 430
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3562
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1224

Words

弧 (こ)
arc
円弧 (えんこ)
arc
左中括弧 (ひだりちゅうかっこ)
opening brace
左小括弧 (ひだりしょうかっこ)
opening parenthesis
弧度 (こど)
degree of curvature
括弧 (かっこ)
parentheses; brackets
優弧 (ゆうこ)
superior (major) arc
左大括弧 (ひだりだいかっこ)
opening (square) bracket
弧灯 (ことう)
arc lamp
かぎ括弧 (かぎかっこ)
square bracket; Japanese-style quotation marks
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