Kanji: 工

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	工 Radical name: たくみ
Meaning:	Craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 300 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	工業(こうぎょう)	the manufacturing industry
N4	工場(こうじょう)	factory
N3	工場(こうば)	factory, plant, mill, workshop
N3	人工(じんこう)	artificial, manmade, human work, human skill, artificiality
N2	工夫(くふう)	labourer, worker
N2	工員(こういん)	factory worker
N2	工芸(こうげい)	industrial arts
N2	工事(こうじ)	construction work
N2	大工(だいく)	carpenter
N1	加工(かこう)	manufacturing, processing, treatment
N1	工学(こうがく)	engineering
N1	工作(こうさく)	work, construction, handicraft, maneuvering
N1	細工(さいく)	work, craftsmanship, tactics, trick
N1	着工(ちゃっこう)	start of (construction) work