The kanji 堅: meaning, readings and stroke order

堅

Meaning: hard, firm
On reading: ケン ken
Kun reading: かた（い） katai
Strokes: 12
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cứng, vững chắc (kiên)
Japanese: かたい。しっかりしている。
Korean: 단단하다, 굳다 (견)
Chinese: 坚固、坚实 (坚)

Readings, words and example sentences

ケン ken · on reading · less common

堅けん実じつ
steady, sound, reliable
堅けん実じつなやり方です。
It is a steady way of doing things.

かた（い） katai · kun reading

堅かたい
hard, solid
この木はとても 堅かたいです。
This wood 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.