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The kanji 固: meaning, readings and stroke order

固

Meaning
hard, firm
On reading
コ ko
Kun reading
かた(める) katameru、かた(まる) katamaru、かた(い) katai
Strokes
8
Radical
囗 enclosure
Level
Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Stroke order of 固, 8 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
cứng, chắc (cố)
Japanese
かたい。かためる。
Korean
단단하다, 굳다 (고)
Chinese
坚固、硬

Readings, words and example sentences

コ ko · on reading · less common

かた(める) katameru · kun reading

かた(まる) katamaru · kun reading

かた(い) katai · kun reading

Practise writing 固 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 固 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.