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
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
固定
fixing in place
板を ねじで 固定します。
I fix the board in place with screws.
かた(める) katameru · kun reading
固める
to pack hard, to harden
雪を 固めて 玉を 作ります。
I pack the snow hard to make a snowball.
かた(まる) katamaru · kun reading
固まる
to harden, to become solid
水が こおって 固まりました。
The water froze solid.
かた(い) katai · kun reading
固い
hard
この 石は とても 固いです。
This stone is very hard.
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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.