# 工 — Construction

Frequency rank 318 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 石 (Stone), less common than 朝 (Morning).

- On’yomi: こう、く
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 工 Work (Kangxi 48)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The character 工 (construction) looks like an I-beam — a flat top, vertical support, and flat base, the basic structure of all construction.

In words:

- 工業 こうぎょう — the manufacturing industry
- 工場 こうじょう — factory
- 工員 こういん — factory worker

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