堅 is the Japanese kanji for hard, strict, solid, tough, tight, reliable. It is written with 12 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is かた.い、-がた.い and its on reading is ケン.
Stroke order
Words with 堅
- 堅いhard, solid, tough
- 堅さfirmness, hardness, stiffness
- 中堅nucleus, backbone, mainstay
- 堅実steady, sound, stable
- 堅持adhering to (a view, policy, etc.), sticking to, holding fast to
- 堅調firm (market), bullish
Practice 堅 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.