Kanji

Level: N2 Strokes: 12

硬

Meaning in English

stiff, hard, dur

Readings

Onyomi: コウ Kunyomi: かた.い Romaji: kou / kata.i

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

硬

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese rígido, duro, durável

Spanish rígido, duro, duro

Korean 뻣뻣한, 단단한, 내구성

French raide, dur, dur

Italian rigido, duro, duro

German steif, hart, lang

Indonesian kaku, keras, tahan lama

★ Vietnamese cứng, chắc, bền

Thai แข็ง ทนทาน

Kanji

Related kanji

N3 確 kaku, kou / tashi.ka, tashi.kameru assurance, firm, tight N4 研 ken / to.gu polish, study of, sharpen N2 砂 sa, sha / suna sand, sable, arena N1 砕 sai / kuda.ku, kuda.keru smash, break, crush N2 磨 ma / miga.ku, su.ru grind, polish, scour N1 磯 ki / iso seashore, beach, playa rocosa N1 礁 shou reef, sunken rock, récif N1 礎 so / ishizue cornerstone, foundation stone, première pierre N3 石 seki, shaku, koku / ishi stone, pierre, piedra

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 彼の話し方は丁寧だけど、少し硬い感じがする Kare no hanashikata wa teinei da kedo, sukoshi katai kanji ga suru His way of speaking is polite, but feels a little stiff