Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
707 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 険 【ケン】 steepness, steep place, harsh (look), sharp (tongue)
  • 険悪 【ケンアク】 dangerous, perilous, threatening, stormy, volatile, tense, critical, serious, stern (expression), hostile (attitude), sharp, harsh
  • 損害保険 【ソンガイホケン】 damage insurance
  • 社会保険 【シャカイホケン】 social insurance

Kun reading compounds

  • 険しい 【けわしい】 precipitous, rugged, inaccessible, impregnable, steep, grim, severe, stern
  • 険しい顔 【けわしいかお】 grim face

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian3
Korean:
heom

Spanish

  • escarpado
  • inaccesible
  • peligroso
  • difícil

Portuguese

  • íngreme
  • lugar inacessível
  • posição inexpugnável
  • lugar escarpado
  • olhos agudos

French

  • à pic
  • escarpé
  • raide
  • lieu inaccessible
  • position imprenable
  • regard aiguisé
770 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
689 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
662 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
616 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5000 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
356 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
988 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1308 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
533 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
542 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
790 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
736 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
658 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
398 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
495 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1688 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41721P Morohashi
542 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1672 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1802 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
731 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3663 2001 Kanji
2d8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
7823.6 Four corner code
1-24-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
967a Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
high, steep
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1997 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 峻別 【シュンベツ】 rigorous distinction
  • 峻拒 【シュンキョ】 refusing flatly, rejecting sternly
  • 険峻 【ケンシュン】 steep, precipitous

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 たかし、 ちか、 とし、 おか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jun4
Korean:
jun

Spanish

  • alto
  • empinado
  • estricto

Portuguese

French

2000 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1424 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1591 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2053 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
495 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
307 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
373 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8116 Morohashi
412 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1475 New Nelson (John Haig)
2061 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2217 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3o7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
2374.7 Four corner code
1-29-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cfb Unicode hex code