Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N1
857 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 5
Meaning: achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
Kunyomi: いさお
Onyomi: コウ, ク
Composition: 工 力
Radical: 力
Reading: ちから
Meaning: power, force
Strokes: 2
成功する（せいこうする） succeed
年功序列（ねんこうじょれつ） achievement
功績（こうせき） seniority system
功労者（こうろうしゃ） meritorious person
功徳（くどく） piousness, charity
功 （コウ） merit, success, meritorious deed, achievement, accumulated experience
功績 （コウセキ） achievement, meritorious deed, distinguished service, contribution
即効 （ソッコウ） immediate effect, instant effect
奏功 （ソウコウ） success, achievement, fruition
工夫 （クフウ） devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
効能 （コウノウ） effect, effectiveness, efficacy, virtue, benefit
勲 （いさお） distinguished service, meritorious service