# 協 — cooperate

協 means “cooperate”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: キョウ (kyou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: cooperate
- On'yomi: キョウ (kyou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Links & order 1

## How to remember 協

Ten (十) and three powers (劦) pulling as one: cooperate.

Parts: 十 ten; cross · 劦 three powers

## Don't confuse it with

[勃](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/break-out-suddenly/)

## More in the “Links & order 1” set

[連](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/link/) · [対](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/versus/) · [相](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/mutual/) · [関](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/connection/) · [協](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/cooperate/) · [支](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/support/) · [結](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/tie/)

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