堅 – strict, hard, solid

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The kanji 堅 means strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かた.い、-がた.い (katai, gatai). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	かた.い	katai
Kun’yomi	-がた.い	gatai

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: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 臣・土・又.

Words using 堅

堅かたいhard堅いかたいhard

Example sentences

その機械の骨組みは堅くなければならない。

The frame of the machine should be rigid.

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その機械の骨組みは堅くなければならない。

The frame of the machine should be rigid.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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