# 講 — Lecture

Frequency rank 573 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 載 (Place On), less common than 歴 (Continuation).

- On’yomi: こう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

On the left you say your words, and on the right stands a coffin-shaped podium — you deliver a lecture from this imposing platform.

In words:

- 講堂 こうどう — auditorium
- 講義 こうぎ — lecture
- 講演 こうえん — lecture,address

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