堅
Readings
                Kana: 
                ケン、かた.い、-がた.い
            
                    
                Romaji: 
                ken, kata.i, -gata.i
            
            Name Reading
                Kana: 
                きん
            
                    
                Romaji: 
                kin
            
            Meanings
        strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable
    
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
            Stroke Count: 
            12
        
        
            Radical Number: 
            32
        
        
            Frequency: 
            1049
        
        
            Grade: 
            8
        
        
            Skip Pattern: 
            2-9-3
        
                    
                Korean Reading: 
                gyeon
            
                            
                Chinese Reading: 
                jian1
            
                
            Unicode: 
            5805
        
        
            JIS: 
            3778
        
    Indexes
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                                                Nelson Index: 1096
                            New Nelson Index: 1038
                                                                Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b9.13
                                                                Four Corner Index: 7710.4
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                                                                Gakken Index: 914
                                                                Japanese Names Index: 1796
                                                                Daikanwanjiten Index: 5210
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                                                                                            Kanji in Context Index: 1228
                                                                1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1805
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                                                                French Remembering the Kanji Index: 861
                                                                Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 917
                                                                Essential Kanji Index: 995
                                                                Kodansha Kanji Index: 3502
                                                                Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3472
                                                                                            Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1513
                                    Words
            
                堅
            
            
                (けん)
            
        
        
            strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
        
    
            
                硬い
            
            
                (かたい)
            
        
        
            hard; solid; tough; stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing); strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe; steady; honest; steadfast; obstinate; stubborn; bookish; formal; stuffy
        
    
            
                堅固
            
            
                (けんご)
            
        
        
            solid; strong; firm
        
    
            
                堅持
            
            
                (けんじ)
            
        
        
            holding on to; sticking to
        
    
            
                義理堅い
            
            
                (ぎりがたい)
            
        
        
            possessed of a strong sense of duty
        
    
            
                中堅
            
            
                (ちゅうけん)
            
        
        
            main body (of troops); 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 (kendo, judo, etc.)
        
    
            
                堅実
            
            
                (けんじつ)
            
        
        
            steady; sound; reliable; solid
        
    
            
                堅牢
            
            
                (けんろう)
            
        
        
            solid
        
    
            
                堅物
            
            
                (かたぶつ)
            
        
        
            straight-laced or stubborn person
        
    
            
                堅塁
            
            
                (けんるい)
            
        
        
            stronghold