固 — harden, set, clot

かたい固 harden

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+56FA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #750 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #622 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

harden
set
clot
curdle

word

かた kata 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).

固(かた) い katai hard 固(かた) める katameru to harden 固(かた) まる katamaru to harden

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

固(こ) 定(てい) kotei fixed 固(こ) 有(ゆう) koyuu inherent 強(きょう) 固(こ) kyouko firm 断(だん) 固(こ) danko firm 頑(がん) 固(こ) ganko stubborn 固(こ) 執(しつ) koshitsu persistence

Appears in idioms

雨降って地固まる諺

rain falls and the ground hardens

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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ふる古 old

Used as component in (3)

こ個 individual か箇 counter for articles こ錮 confinement

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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.

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