硬 – stiff, hard

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1101 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 硬 means stiff, hard. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かた.い (katai). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 石 (no. 112).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
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: 石 (Kangxi radical 112). Components: ノ・一・口・石・日・田.

Words using 硬

硬いかたいhard硬貨こうかcoin強硬きょうこうfirm

Example sentences

卵は硬くゆでてください。

Boil the eggs hard.

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これらの硬貨はほとんど価値がない。

These coins are of little value.

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大統領は強硬路線をとった。

The President took a hard line.

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Kanji with the same radical

確研石破砂礎砲砕磨碁磁碑碗

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