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硬 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「石」

道
3Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「石」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
かた.いkata.i
Meaning
hard; stiff

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

石 "stone" with 更: as hard as stone — hard, stiff.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō硬度こうど硬貨こうか生硬せいこう
Kunかたいkatai硬いかたい硬さかたさ

Compare: 堅い・固い

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 硬貨こうか

    coin

  • 硬直こうちょく

    rigidity

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

硬貨(こうか)で切符(きっぷ)を買(か)った。

I bought the ticket with coins.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

硬直硬貨硬直straig…貨goods碑monume…礎founda…石stone矻to toi…矼a step…孔hole巧skilfu…甲armour坑pit拘arrest
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 石Map of reading コウAll maps

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

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