兼 — concurrently, and, beforehand

かねる兼 concurrently

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+517C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1164 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1723 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

concurrently
and
beforehand
in advance

word

か ka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

兼(か) ねる kaneru to serve two purposes

けん ken On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

兼(けん) ken concurrently

Appears in idioms

才色兼備四字熟語

genius, color, concurrently, equip

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

はち八 eight #12

彐 snout

丨 pole

Used as component in (4)

きらう嫌 dislike けん謙 self-effacing かま鎌 sickle れん廉 bargain

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#12 八 eight