兼 – concurrently, and, beforehand

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1164 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 兼 means concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.ねる、-か.ねる (kaneru, kaneru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 八 (no. 12).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	か.ねる	kaneru
Kun’yomi	-か.ねる	kaneru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 八 (Kangxi radical 12). Components: ｜・ヨ・一・ハ・并.

Words using 兼

兼ねるかねるto be unable to兼業けんぎょうpursuing as a side business気兼ねきがねconstraint兼用けんようmulti-use

Example sentences

今日は、ばーさんのお使いを兼ねて街で買い物。

Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother.

Tatoeba #74948

私は勉強と遊びを兼ねている仕事につきたい。

I want to get a job that mixes work and play.

Tatoeba #152889

この書斎は客間兼用だ。

I also use this study for receiving guests.

Tatoeba #221216

Kanji with the same radical

八六公共兵具典

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.