What is the Kanji for "Manuscript" and "Draft"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Manuscript" and "Draft", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Manuscript" and "Draft" is "稿".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Wara" and "Shitagaki".

Its onyomi reading is "Kou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "禾" means "Cereal" . And The kanji "高" means "High" and "Expensive" and can be read as "Kou" and "Taka".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "稿" mean in japanese?

"稿" means "Manuscript" and "Draft".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

原稿: "Draft". The Japanese noun '原稿 (げんこう)' means 'draft'. This noun refers to an initial written version of a document, manuscript, or article, before it has been finalized or edited. It is commonly used in the context of writing, such as for a book, newspaper article, or academic paper. For example: The writer is working on the draft of her novel - (作家は小説の原稿を書いている). I need to finish the draft before the deadline - (締め切りまでに原稿を仕上げる必要がある).

原稿用紙: "Manuscript paper". The Japanese noun '原稿用紙 (げんこうようし)' refers to sheets of paper specifically designed for writing manuscripts or drafts. It typically has pre-printed horizontal lines and a vertical line down the middle to help with formatting and structuring written content. This type of paper is commonly used in Japan for writing reports, essays, stories, or any other type of extended written work. For example: I wrote my essay on manuscript paper - (私はエッセイを原稿用紙に書きました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "わ" is read as "wa". The hiragana "ら" is read as "ra". The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". The hiragana "が" is read as "ga". And The hiragana "き" is read as "ki".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.