Info on the Kanji 堅 | What's a Kanji? |
| strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable | |
| onyomi | KEN |
| kunyomi | kata-i |
| stroke count | 12 |
| grade | s |
| jlpt level | N1 |
| Example words with 堅 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 堅けん ken | strength / solidity / firmness / armour / armor |
| 堅いかたい katai | hard / solid / tough / stiff / tight / wooden / unpolished / strong / firm / safe / steady / honest / steadfast / obstinate / stubborn / bookish / formal / stuffy |
| 堅さかたさ katasa | firmness / hardness / stiffness / honesty |
| 堅しかたし katashi | difficult / hard |
| 堅めけんめ ken me | hardening / fortifying |
| 堅果けんか kenka | nut |
| 堅気かたぎ katagi | honest / respectable / respectable occupation / person in a respectable occupation |
| 堅魚けんさかな ken sakana | skipjack tuna / bonito |
| 堅固けんご kengo | solid / strong / firm |
| 堅剛けんつよし ken tsuyoshi | firm and unyielding / rigid |
| 堅材けんざい ken zai | hard wood |
| 堅志けんこころざし ken kokorozashi | iron purpose |
| 堅持けんじ kenji | holding on to / sticking to |
| 堅実けんじつ kenjitsu | steady / sound / reliable / solid |
| 堅守けんしゅ ken shu | strong defense / strong defence |
| 堅焼けんやき ken yaki | hard-baked / hard |
| 堅城けんしろ ken shiro | strong fortress |
| 堅信けんしん ken shin | confirmation |
| 堅振けんしん ken shin | confirmation |
| 堅人けんにん ken nin | square / trustworthy person |
| 堅陣けんじん ken jin | stronghold |
| 堅雪けんゆき ken yuki | snow with a frozen crust on top / crusted snow |
| 堅炭けんすみ ken sumi | hard charcoal |
| 堅調けんちょう kenchou | bullish / firm |
| 堅忍けんにん ken nin | perseverance |
| 堅物かたぶつ katabutsu | straight-laced or stubborn person |
| 堅木けんき ken ki | hardwood |
| 堅塁けんるい ken rui | stronghold |
| 堅累けんるい ken rui | stronghold |
| 堅牢けんろう kenrou | solid |
| 中堅ちゅうけん chuuken | main body / nucleus / backbone / mainstay / key figure / center field / centre field / center fielder / centre fielder / athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 |
| 堅い女かたいおんな katai onna | chaste woman |
| 堅めるけんめる ken meru | to harden / to freeze / to strengthen / to solidify / to make / to tramp down / to put together / to collect / to gather / to consolidate / to make secure / to stabilize / to settle down / to strengthen / to establish / to fortify / to reinforce / to support / to wear for a |
| 堅パンけんぱん ken pan | hard biscuits / hardtack |
| 堅魚木けんさかなき ken sakana ki | log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole |
| 堅結びけんむすび ken musubi | reef knot / flat knot / square knot |
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| Example Sentences with 堅 |
| 堅い書き物は大嫌いだ。 僕は彼の無実を堅く信じている。 皮は乾くにつれて堅くなった。 彼女は自分の店をもとうと堅く心に決めている。 |
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