Kanji

硬

Meaning

stiff and hard

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • かたい

On'yomi

  • こう か coin
  • きょう こう firm
  • こう は hard-liners

Practice Writing

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Related Entries

硬 こう
hardness

Component Analysis

硬
stiff, hard
かた.い, コウ
石
stone
いし, セキ, シャク
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
更
grow late, night watch, sit up late...
さら, さら.に, コウ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
日
( 曰 ) day, sun, Japan...
ひ, -び, ニチ
乂
mow, cut grass, subdue
おさ.める, か.る, ガイ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ

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