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The kanji 兼: meaning, readings and stroke order
兼
- Meaning
- double as, combine
- On reading
- ケン ken
- Kun reading
- か（ねる） kaneru
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 八 eight
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- kiêm, cùng lúc (kiêm)
- Japanese
- ふたつを いっしょに する。
- Korean
- 겸하다 (겸)
- Chinese
- 兼、兼任
Readings, words and example sentences
ケン ken · on reading · less common
兼用
used for two purposes
この 部屋は 教室と 兼用です。
This room is also used as a classroom.
か（ねる） kaneru · kun reading · less common
兼ねる
to also serve as, to double as
係長を 兼ねて います。
He also serves as the section chief.
Practise writing 兼 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 兼 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 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.