EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    hardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing

  2. hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; toughening

  3. upturn (in the market); firming up

    Finance

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Characters in this word

2
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

Built from

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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization

Kun
ば.けるば.かすふ.けるけ.する
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
89 of 2500
Radical
spoon
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-2SKIP code
2a2.6The Kanji Dictionary
2421.0, 2121.0Four corner code
2156deroo
5316Unicode hex code
1-18-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
350Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
580New Nelson (John Haig)
21New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
22Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1008Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
100A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
56Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
76Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2572XMorohashi
238A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
254Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
163sakade
378Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
258henshall3
242Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
104crowley
414Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.19busy_people
55Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1017Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
hua4Pinyin reading
hwaKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level