Entry
  1. Noun

    straight-laced person; stubborn person

    彼は堅物だから、どうも息子が転職するのにいい顔をしないんだよね。
    He's a really straight-laced guy, so he doesn't like the idea of his son changing jobs.
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable

Kun
かた.い-がた.い
On
ケン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1049 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Used in names as

きん

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-9-3, 2-8-3SKIP code
3b9.13The Kanji Dictionary
7710.4Four corner code
3472deroo
5805Unicode hex code
1-23-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1096Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1038New Nelson (John Haig)
2823New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3502Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1805Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2457Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
853Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
917Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
914A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1796Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
995Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5210Morohashi
1217A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1289Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1363Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1155Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1513Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1228Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
356Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
861Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian1Pinyin reading
gyeonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thing, object, matter

Kun
ものもの-
On
ブツモツ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
215 of 2500
Radical
cow
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-4SKIP code
4g4.2The Kanji Dictionary
2752.0Four corner code
2451deroo
7269Unicode hex code
1-42-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2857Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3538New Nelson (John Haig)
874New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1050Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
611Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
74Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19959Morohashi
387A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313sakade
214Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
410henshall3
313Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
95crowley
321Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1290Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1059Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wu4Pinyin reading
mulKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level