狷 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「⺨」
- On
- ケン
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- narrow-minded but principled
Origin
Dog 犬 with 肙 as phonetic: narrow-minded and stubborn.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 狷介けんかい
obstinate and aloof
- 狂狷きょうけん
the rash and the over-scrupulous
Example
狷介な人柄で人を寄せつけない。
Obstinate and aloof, they keep others at arm’s length.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)