Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
inkstone
Kun:
すずり
On:
ケンゲン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2500 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 硯池 【ケンチ】 inkstone well
  • 磨穿鉄硯 【マセンテッケン】 showing unyielding diligence in one's studies, wearing a hole through one's metal inkstone from constant studying
  • 筆硯 【ヒッケン】 writing brush and inkstone, writing, composition, daily life of a writer

Kun reading compounds

  • 硯 【すずり】 inkstone
  • 硯洗い 【すずりあらい】 event where schoolchildren wash their inkstones, brushes and desks the night before Tanabata to pray for success in their studies

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan4
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • piedra para hacer tinta

Portuguese

French

3190 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1634 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1517 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24233 Morohashi
4005 New Nelson (John Haig)
2589 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2635 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5a7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
1661.0 Four corner code
1-24-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
786f Unicode hex code