コウ, かた.い
stiff, hard

This kanji has 12 strokes: 5 in the "stone" radical (いし) and 7 other strokes.

Sample compounds (10) :


  1. かたい
    solid, hard (esp. metal, stone), unpolished writing

  2. こうか
    (vs) hardening, vulcanization, sclerosis

  3. こうど
    hardness, solidity
  4. テニス
    こうしきテニス
    tennis (played with the standard ball, as distinct from tennis played with a softer ball)

  5. きょうこう
    (an) firm, vigorous, unbending, unyielding, strong, stubborn

  6. こうすい
    hard water

  7. こうは
    tough elements

  8. こうきゅう
    hard ball, regulation ball

  9. せいこう
    (an) crude, immature, unpolished

  10. こうこつ
    hard bone, firmness, uncompromising
Kanji Character : 硬
Kuten Encoding : 2537
SJIS Encoding : 3945
Unicode Encoding : 786c
Old Nelson Index : 3193
Radical Number : 112
Frequency Ranking : 1112
Gakken Index : 1149
Grade Level : 8
Halpern Index : 1183
Heisig Index : 695
Henshall Index : 1260
New Nelson Index : 4008
O'Neil Index : 1635
Stroke Count : 12
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 5a7.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 1009
SKIP Code : 1-5-7
De Roo Code : 3366
Four Corner Code : 1164.6
Korean reading : gyeong
Pinyin reading : ying4
Morohashi Index String : 24230
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 6.0366
Morohashi Index Number : 24230
Morohashi Page : 366
Morohashi Volume : 6
Cross Index Codes
  1. N1096
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3366
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