況
況 — Condition
condition, situation
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
Kun’yomiまして (mashite)
Kun’yomiいわんや (iwanya)
Kun’yomiおもむき (omomuki)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 況
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 状況 | じょうきょう joukyou | state of affairs; situation; conditions |
| 不況 | ふきょう fukyou | (economic) depression; recession; slump |
| 市況 | しきょう shikyou | market conditions |
| 好況 | こうきょう koukyou | prosperous (economic) conditions; favourable conditions; (economic) boom |
| 盛況 | せいきょう seikyou | success; boom; being well-attended (of an event) |
| 実況 | じっきょう jikkyou | actual state (of things); actual conditions; actual scene |
Study notes
況 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #490 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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