研 — polish, study of, sharpen

けん研 polish

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes technology

U+7814 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #336 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #729 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

polish
study of
sharpen

word

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).

研(けん) ken study 研(けん) 究(きゅう) kenkyuu research 研(けん) 究(きゅう) 所(じょ) kenkyuujo research institute 研(けん) 修(しゅう) kenshuu training 総(そう) 研(けん) souken research institute (abbr.)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

いし石 stone #112

开 open (component form)

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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.

#112 石 stone