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堅 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」

道
4Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
かた.い・-がた.いkata.i · gata.i
Meaning
hard; solid; firm

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

臤 with 土 "earth": earth pounded firm — hard, solid.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken堅固けんご堅実けんじつ中堅ちゅうけん
Kunかたいkatai堅いかたい

Compare: 硬い・固い

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 堅実けんじつ

    steady; sound

  • 中堅ちゅうけん

    mainstay; middle rank

More words with this kanji

  • 堅牢けんろう
  • 苻堅ふけん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

堅実(けんじつ)な計画(けいかく)を立(た)てた。

We made a sound plan.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

中堅堅実堅中middle実fruit坊boy執take…堤embank…塔tower壊break肩should…軒eaves剣sword兼concur…乾dry
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading ケンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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