The kanji 険: meaning, readings and stroke order
険
- Meaning
- steep, dangerous
- On reading
- ケン ken
- Kun reading
- けわ(しい) kewashii
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 阜 mound, dam
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
- Old form
- 險
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hiểm trở, nguy hiểm (hiểm)
- Japanese
- けわしい。あぶない。
- Korean
- 험하다, 위험하다 (험)
- Chinese
- 陡峭、危险 (险)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケン ken · on reading
保険
insurance
病気に そなえて 保険に 入ります。
People get insurance in case they get sick.
けわ(しい) kewashii · kun reading
険しい
steep, rugged
険しい 山道を 登ります。
We climb a steep mountain path.
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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.