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The kanji 健: meaning, readings and stroke order

健

Meaning
healthy
On reading
ケン ken
Kun reading
すこ(やか) sukoyaka
Strokes
11
Radical
人 man, human
Level
Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Stroke order of 健, 11 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
khoẻ mạnh (kiện)
Japanese
からだが じょうぶ。すこやか。
Korean
건강하다, 튼튼하다 (건)
Chinese
健康、健壮

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading

すこ(やか) sukoyaka · kun reading · less common

Practise writing 健 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 健 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.