Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1053 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable

Kunyomi: つな

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: silk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

コウ class

コウリョウ general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign), mission statement

ヨウコウ main principle, gist, general plan, guidelines, outline

タイコウ fundamental principles, main lines, outline, summary, general features

Kunyomi Examples

つな rope, cord, line, grand champion's braided belt

引き つなひき tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable), forward puller (of a rickshaw)

命の いのちのつな the thread of life

望みの のぞみのつな one's last hope, one's only hope, the last hope