Kanji

健

Meaning

healthy health strength

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • すこやか

On'yomi

  • けん こう health
  • ほ けん preservation of health
  • けん ぜん healthy

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/11

Component Analysis

健
healthy, health, strength...
すこ.やか, ケン
亻
( 人 ) radical number 9
建
build
た.てる, た.て, ケン
廴
long stride or stretching radical (no. 54)
イン
聿
brush, finally, self...
ふで, ここに, イチ
⺕
( 彑 )
丨
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン

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