工
コウ, ク, グ, もく, たくみ

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

JLPT4 G2 S3 F299

A depiction of a long hollow tube used as a tool both to pierce and to connect → *work*; *construct* (← work/construct using connecting pipes/tubes) → *artisan*; *specialist*; *skillful*.

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