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
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
健康
health, healthy
運動で 健康な 体を 作ります。
Exercise makes my body healthy.
すこ(やか) sukoyaka · kun reading · less common
健やか
healthy, sound
子どもが 健やかに 育ちます。
The children grow up healthy.
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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.