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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- rígido
- duro
- firme
Portuguese
- duro
- rígido
French
- dur
- raide
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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1246 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鋼 【ハガネ】 steel, sword steel, sword
- 鋼材 【コウザイ】 steel material
- 粗鋼 【ソコウ】 crude steel
- 製鋼 【セイコウ】 steel manufacture
Kun reading compounds
- 鋼 【はがね】 steel, sword steel, sword
- 鋼色 【はがねいろ】 steel blue
- 玉鋼 【たまはがね】 traditional Japanese steel made from iron sand (esp. for use in swords)
Readings
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
- acero
Portuguese
- aço
French
- acier
874 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
864 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
867 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4883 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1509 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1851 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1608 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1715 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1337 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1825 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2183 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1145 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1551 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1981 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40509 | Morohashi |
1740 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6302 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1962 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2113 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
992 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2853 | 2001 Kanji |
8a8.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-8 | SKIP code |
8712.0 | Four corner code |
1-25-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
92fc | Unicode hex code |