Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
Variants:
stiff, hard
Kun:
かた.い
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 硬 【コウ】 hardness
  • 硬貨 【コウカ】 coin, hard currency
  • 生硬 【セイコウ】 crude, immature, unpolished
  • 重硬 【ジュウコウ】 heavy and hard (of a wood)

Kun reading compounds

  • 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
  • かたいことは言いっこなし 【かたいことはいいっこなし】 let's put formalities aside, let's not speak so stiffly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • rígido
  • duro
  • firme

Portuguese

  • duro
  • rígido

French

  • dur
  • raide
1260 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1149 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3193 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1598 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
766 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1635 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1009 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1046 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1309 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1403 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1518 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
802 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1095 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
702 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24230 Morohashi
1183 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4008 New Nelson (John Haig)
695 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
750 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1571 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3366 2001 Kanji
5a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
1164.6 Four corner code
1-25-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
786c Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
dish
Parts:
tray, shallow bowl, platter, tub, board, phonograph record
On:
バン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
881 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 盤 【バン】 board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.), (phonograph) record, disc, disk, board, panel, plate
  • 盤谷 【バンコク】 Bangkok (Thailand)
  • 地盤 【ジバン】 ground, crust (earth), bed (gravel, river, etc.), foundation (building, etc.), base, constituency, power base, support (electoral), footing, foothold
  • 中盤 【チュウバン】 middle stage, middle phase, middle game, midpoint, midfield (in soccer)

Readings

Japanese names:
ち、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pan2
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • plato grande
  • bandeja
  • tablero

Portuguese

  • bandeija
  • taça rasa
  • tijela
  • galão
  • tábua p/ mesa
  • disco (fon.)

French

  • plateau
  • bol creux
  • plat
  • bassin
  • échiquier (Go)
  • disque (musique)
1723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
908 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1290 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1557 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2399 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1098 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1149 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1313 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1375 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3533 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1824 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2481 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1890 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23036 Morohashi
2851 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3902 New Nelson (John Haig)
1872 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2017 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1783 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
874 2001 Kanji
5h10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-5 SKIP code
2710.7 Four corner code
1-40-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76e4 Unicode hex code