Kanji1 / 5
功 kanji
achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
コウク
Kun readings
いさお
Words with 功
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —成功裏(with a) successful outcome; (ending in) success
- —成功者successful person; success
- —成功率success rate
- —法輪功Falun Gong; Falun Dafa
- —気功師qigong therapist
- —成功度degree of success; success rate
- —功労賞award for distinguished service
- —成功例successful example; successful case; success story
- —蛍雪の功the fruit of diligent study
- —年功加俸long service allowance; longevity pay
- —年功制度seniority rule
- —功利主義utilitarianism
- —論功行賞conferral of honors (honours), according to merits
- —功を争うto contend for distinction; to claim credit
- —成功報酬fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
- —成功の鍵key success factor; key to success; KSF
- —内助の功fruits of a wife's labour (in assisting her husband's career, e.g. by running the household)
- —功を奏すto succeed; to bear fruit
- —功を焦るto act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
- —成功体験successful experience; experiencing success