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険 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「⻖」
On
ケンけん · ken
Kun
けわ(しい)kewa(shii)
Meaning
steep; dangerous; risk

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

⻖ "hill" plus 僉; a sheer slope hard to climb — hence "steep, dangerous."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケンけんken険悪けんあく危険きけん保険ほけん
Kunけわしいkewashii険しいけわしい険しさけわしさ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 危険きけん

    danger

  • 保険ほけん

    insurance

More words with this kanji

  • 冒険ぼうけん
  • 険阻けんそ
  • 険峻けんしゅん
  • 峻険しゅんけん
  • 険阨けんやく
  • 険しいけわしい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この道(みち)は険(けわ)しくて歩(ある)きにくい。

This path is steep and hard to walk.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical ⻖Map of reading ケンAll maps

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

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