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健 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
すこ(やか)suko(yaka)
Meaning
healthy, strong

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic. Person 亻 gives the meaning and 建 (to stand, build) the sound. It shows a person standing firm and strong.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken健康けんこう健闘けんとう強健きょうけん
Kunすこやかsukoyaka健やかだすこやかだ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 健康けんこう

    health

  • 保健ほけん

    health care

More words with this kanji

  • 健診けんしん
  • 剛健ごうけん
  • 壮健そうけん
  • 健啖けんたん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

毎日(まいにち)運動(うんどう)して、体(からだ)を健(すこ)やかにする。

They exercise daily and keep the body sound.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading ケンAll maps

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