協
co-, cooperation
Readings
On'yomi
- キョウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
協 centers on working together toward a shared goal: cooperation, collaboration, or doing something jointly.
Most common words using 協
20 of 610- 協力きょうりょくN3
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
- 協会きょうかいN1
association; society; organization; organisation
- 協議きょうぎN1
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
- 協定きょうていN1
arrangement; pact; agreement
- 妥協だきょうN1
compromise; giving in
- 協調きょうちょうN2
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
- 協賛きょうさん
support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation
- 協奏曲きょうそうきょく
concerto
- 農協のうきょうN1
agricultural cooperative
- 漁協ぎょきょう
fishery cooperative
- 協業きょうぎょう
cooperation; collaboration; cooperative work
- 協和きょうわ
concord; harmony; concert
- 不協和音ふきょうわおん
discord; dissonance; cacophony
- 協約きょうやく
pact; convention; agreement
- 日米地位協定にちべいちいきょうてい
Japan-US Status of Forces Agreement (1960)
- 生活協同組合せいかつきょうどうくみあい
consumers' cooperative; cooperative; co-op; cooperative association
- 獨協大学どっきょうだいがく
Dokkyo University
- 社協しゃきょう
Council of Social Welfare
- 体協たいきょう
Japan Amateur Sports Association (abbr); JASA
- 協商きょうしょう
agreement
Study
Etymology
協 combines 十 (ten, many) with 劦 (three 力, strength), suggesting many strengths working together. The modern form preserves this cooperative idea.
Meaning mnemonic
Ten (十) strengths (劦, three 力) join forces: 協 is cooperation.
Reading mnemonic
For キョウ, imagine a cooperative team shouting 'kyou!' (今日, today) as they start working together: kyou -> キョウ.