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兼 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「八」

道
4Junior high level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「八」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
か.ねる・-か.ねるka.neru · ka.neru
Meaning
concurrently; combine

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From a hand holding two stalks of grain at once — to combine, to hold concurrently.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken兼用けんよう兼任けんにん兼職けんしょく
Kunかねるkaneru兼ねるかねる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 兼用けんよう

    dual use

  • 兼業けんぎょう

    holding two jobs

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この部屋(へや)は書斎(しょさい)と寝室(しんしつ)を兼(か)ねている。

This room serves as both a study and a bedroom.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

兼業兼用兼業work用to use八eight六six公public共togeth…兵soldie…肩should…剣sword軒eaves乾dry圏sphere
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 八Map of reading ケンAll maps

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