稿 means “manuscript, draft”

こう · kou

Also: copy, straw

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

わら, したがき

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 15 strokes

The story

Grain (禾) beside 高, tall: 稿 once meant the tall dry stalks left after harvest, and now writing still in the rough. 原稿 is a manuscript, written by students on squared 原稿用紙, and 投稿 is a post, to a newspaper or a social feed.

Used in 原稿 (genkou, manuscript), 投稿 (toukou, post/submission), and 寄稿 (kikou, contributed article)

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