EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 45
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    hard; solid; tough

    esp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone

    卵は硬くゆでてください。
    Boil the eggs hard.
  2. stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing)

  3. strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved)

  4. safe; steady; honest; steadfast

  5. certain; assured; highly likely

    of a predicted outcome

  6. obstinate; stubborn

  7. bookish; formal; stuffy

  8. solid (shape or stones)

    Go (game)

Also written 固い【かたい】堅い【かたい】緊い【かたい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stiff, hard

Kun
かた.い
On
コウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1101 of 2500
Radical
stone
WaniKani
Level 45

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-5-7SKIP code
5a7.1The Kanji Dictionary
1164.6Four corner code
3366deroo
786cUnicode hex code
1-25-37JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3193Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4008New Nelson (John Haig)
1183New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1518Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
802Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1095Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
695Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
750Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1149A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1635Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1598Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24230Morohashi
1260A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1009Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1046Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
766Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1571Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1309Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1403Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
702Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ying4Pinyin reading
gyeongKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
45WaniKani level