固 – harden, set, clot

8 strokesTaught in grade 4#750 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 固 means harden, set, clot, curdle. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コ (ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かた.める、かた.まる、かた.まり、かた.い (katameru, katamaru, katamari, katai). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 囗 (no. 31).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	かた.める	katameru
Kun’yomi	かた.まる	katamaru
Kun’yomi	かた.まり	katamari
Kun’yomi	かた.い	katai

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: 囗 (Kangxi radical 31). Components: 口・十・囗.

Words using 固

固まるかたまるto harden固定こていfixing (in place)固有こゆうcharacteristic (of)頑固がんこstubborn固めるかためるto harden

Example sentences

我々の計画はまだ固まってない。

Our plans are not yet concrete.

Tatoeba #186288

このテーブルはがたつく。しっかり固定させてくれ。

This table is shaky. Make it stay firm.

Tatoeba #223536

羽は鳥に固有のものだ。

Feathers are peculiar to birds.

Tatoeba #189853

Kanji with the same radical

国四回団図園因囲困圏

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