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

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

Words with this kanji

N1 強硬 kyoukou firm, vigorous, stubborn N3 硬い katai hard, solid, stiff N3 硬貨 kouka coin N4 堅; 硬; 固い katai solid, hard, firm

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