肯 – agreement, consent, comply with

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1813 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 肯 means agreement, consent, comply with. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is がえんじ.る (gaenjiru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	がえんじ.る	gaenjiru

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: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・止.

Words using 肯

肯定こうていaffirmation

Example sentences

ディベートとは肯定側と否定側で交わされる知的ゲームである。

Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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