硬 — kanji meaning “stiff”
硬
stiff, hard
- Meanings
- stiff, hard
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- かた.い
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1101 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 112
- Chinese reading
- yìng — Chinese character page
Words with 硬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 硬貨 | こうか kouka | coin |
| 硬い | かたい katai | hard; solid; tough |
| 強硬 | きょうこう kyoukou | firm; strong; unbending |
| 硬化 | こうか kouka | hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation |
| 硬派 | こうは kouha | hard-liners; diehards; hawks |
| 硬直 | こうちょく kouchoku | stiffening; rigidity; rigor |
| 硬式 | こうしき koushiki | hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.) |
| 硬度 | こうど koudo | hardness; solidity |
| 硬質 | こうしつ koushitsu | hardness; stiffness |
| 肝硬変 | かんこうへん kankouhen | cirrhosis (of the liver) |
| 硬軟 | こうなん kounan | hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line |
| 硬筆 | こうひつ kouhitsu | pen or pencil |
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