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勁 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「力」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「力」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
つよ.いtsuyo.i
Meaning
strong and supple

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Strength 力 with 巠 as phonetic: strong yet supple.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 勁草けいそう

    grass that stands in the wind; a steadfast person

  • 強勁きょうけい

    strong and tough

More words with this kanji

  • 遒勁しゅうけい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

疾風(しっぷう)に勁草(けいそう)を知(し)るという。

As they say, a strong wind shows which grass is sturdy.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

強勁勁草勁強strong草grass劬to toi…劭to str…劼to wor…勍formid…勒bit an…冏bright剄to cut…挂to han…迥far ap…奎the Le…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 力Map of reading ケイAll maps

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