Today’s #kanji is #工, which makes its own radical. It looks exactly like the katakana エ but it does not have that sound. Apparently it is a pictogram but not sure of what. One theory says it’s a ruler carpenters use and another says it is an axe for craft work… Do you know what 工 means?
Meaning: a craft, artisan, etc.
Reading: コウ、ク、たくみ*
工芸（コウゲイ）: technical art, a craft, industrial art
工作（コウサク）: construction, building, workmanship; carpentry; maneuvering
工事（コウジ）: construction (work), engineering work
加工（カコウ）: processing, working, treatment
人工（ジンコウ）: human work, art, human skill （人口 has the same sound but it means “population”)
工夫（クフウ）する: to figure out a good way
工面（クメン）する: to contrive/manage to ～
細工（サイク）: work, workmanship, craftsmanship, ware, a handiwork
大工（ダイク）: a carpenter
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工（たくみ）を凝（こ）らす: to exert one’s technical skill
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