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KanjiN2Secondary school · 中学12 strokesRadical 石

硬 · stiff, hard

硬 is a kanji meaning stiff, hard. It has 12 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • コウkō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • かたいkatai

Practise the N2 kanji

In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 硬 · 4 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 硬
WordReadingMeaningLevel
堅い; 硬い; 固いかたいsolid, hard, firmN4
硬いかたいhard, firm, solidN3
硬貨こうかcoinN3
強硬きょうこうfirm, vigorous, stubbornN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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