肯 — Chinese character
肯
kěn
to agree to, to consent, to permit; ready, willing
- Pinyin
- kěn
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 止
- Formation
- ideographic — To stop 止 flexing one's muscles ⺼
- Japanese
- 肯 as a kanji
Common words with 肯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肯定 | kěn dìng | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely |
| 中肯 | zhòng kěn | pertinent; apropos |
| 宁肯 (寧肯) | nìng kěn | would rather...; it would be better... |
| 首肯 | shǒu kěn | to give a nod of approval |
| 肯定句 | kěn dìng jù | affirmative sentence |
| 假肯定句 | jiǎ kěn dìng jù | false affirmative |
| 真肯定句 | zhēn kěn dìng jù | true affirmative (TA) |
| 郎肯循环 (郎肯循環) | láng kěn xún huán | Rankine cycle (engineering) |
English words written with 肯
肯 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 8
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
- Zhuangzi Nourishment of the Soul
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
- Zhuangzi Hsü Wu Kuei
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.