craft or industry

★★★★☆
3 strokes
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Onyomi

KOU

as in : "The crafty drug mule smuggled COCAINE on the plane in his COLON. "

Mnemonic

It looks like a cross-section of an iron girder. Since this is the kanji for factory (工場), you can think of it like, a girder made at the iron factory.

Jukugo

工事(こうじ)

construction ★★★★★
(craft or industry) + (action/ incident) = 工事 (construction)

construction work - buildings or roads, i.e. what guys do outside your window.

工場(こうじょう)

factory ★★★☆☆
(craft or industry) + (place) = 工場 (factory)

人工的(じんこうてき)

man-made ★★★☆☆ NEO
(person) + (craft or industry) + (motivation / '-al') = 人工的 (man-made)

大工(だいく)

carpenter ☆☆☆☆☆ FP
(big) + (craft or industry) = 大工 (carpenter)

carpenter. How awesome is that!???! Seriously, I wouldn't even believe my friend when he told me,I was like, 'Cmon, grow up.' He was like, "What is so funny about a daiku carpenter?" I made him look it up in the dictionary and prove it.

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Synonyms

man-made
人工    人造