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Kanji Detail for 港 - "harbor, port"

港

  • Meaning

    港 means "harbor, port."

    1. Harbor - A place where ships dock.

    2. Port - A coastal town for maritime trade.

  • Words using 港

    • 空港 くうこう Listen airport
    • 香港 ホンコン Listen Hong Kong
    • 港湾 こうわん Listen harbour; harbor
    • 開港 かいこう Listen opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
    • 寄港 きこう Listen calling at a port; making an intermediate stop at an airport
    • 漁港 ぎょこう Listen fishing harbour; fishing harbor
    • 入港 にゅうこう Listen entry into port; arriving in harbor
    • 出港 しゅっこう Listen departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail

  • Tattoo check: 港

    • Verified meaning: harbor, port
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こう, みなと, みなとざき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 港

    Given names 港(みなと)Listen

    Surnames 港(こう)Listen 港(みなとざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    harbor

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    port, harbor; small stream; bay

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Hong Kong (abbr. for 香港[Xiang1 gang3]); surname Gang

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    port, harbor, bay; Hong Kong

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Water branching into tributaries. When a large river has smaller waters branching off navigable by boats, it is called 港. | Place name. Abbreviation of Hong Kong. Originally a small island at the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    minato(みなと) みなと

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    harbor port waterway dock pier wharf quay marina anchorage berth mooring waterfront shipping maritime coastal cargo vessels trade navigation

Sentences including 港

  • I'm at narita airport right now.

  • I met a famous scholar at the airport yesterday.

  • Please tell me how to get to the airport.

  • I have been to the airport to see my father off.

  • Arriving at the airport , i called her up.

  • The car broke down on the way to the airport.

  • Where do i get an airport bus?

  • Will your friends be seeing you off at the airport?

  • Quite by chance , i met my old friend in the airport.

  • The storm will make it impossible for the ship to leave port.

More kanji with the radical 水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

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