The kanji 硬: meaning, readings and stroke order

硬

Meaning: hard, stiff
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: かた（い） katai
Strokes: 12
Radical: 石 stone
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cứng (ngạnh)
Japanese: かたい。
Korean: 단단하다, 딱딱하다 (경)
Chinese: 硬、坚硬

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

硬こう貨か
coin
さいふに 硬こう貨かが入っています。
There are coins in my wallet.

かた（い） katai · kun reading

硬かたい
hard
このえんぴつのしんは 硬かたいです。
The lead of this pencil is 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.