Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

196 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: consider, think over

Kunyomi: かんが.える かんが.え

Onyomi: コウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おいかんむり

Meaning: old

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

書(さんこうしょ)   reference book

古学(こうこがく)   archaeology

慮する(こうりょする)   take into consideration

する(しこうする)   think

する(せんこうする)   screen [v.t.]

え(かんがえ)   ideas

える(かんがえる)   think

Onyomi Examples

コウ thought, report on one's investigation into ..., deceased father

古学 コウコガク archaeology, archeology

ビコウ note (for reference), remarks, N.B.

ロンコウ study (of), discussion, discourse, inquiry, research article, academic paper

Kunyomi Examples

える かんがえる to think (about, of), to think over, to ponder, to contemplate, to reflect (on), to meditate (on), to consider, to bear in mind, to allow for, to take into consideration, to think (that), to believe, to hold (a view), to judge, to conclude, to suspect, to intend (to do), to think of (doing), to plan, to predict, to anticipate, to expect, to imagine, to come up with, to think up, to contrive, to devise, to consider (as), to regard (as), to look on (as), to take, to view

かんがえ thinking, thought, view, opinion, concept, idea, notion, imagination, intention, plan, design, consideration, judgement, deliberation, reflection, wish, hope, expectation

え方 かんがえかた way of thinking