Components

硬 means 'hard'

Animation / stroke order not available.
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1413   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 52    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 68 words   Used in 97 words   Used in 14 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   コウ
Kun
   かた hard
⿰   stone   again  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
LOG IN to view your flashcards
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 硬 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 硬 is used 96 times, read 2 ways.
Showing:
コウ : 87 words FIND ALL
1
noun
1. coin
2. hard currency  (see also: 軟貨)
(click the word for examples and links)
かた : 9 words FIND ALL
0
1. hard; solid; tough  (esp. 固い amp 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone)
2. stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing)
(click the word to view an additional 4 meanings and 5 forms, examples and links)
An additional one less common word includes 硬 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1260  Joy o' Kanji : 1260  Key to Kanji:

Cascading kanji view

コウ   かた hard   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
whereupon one
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
コウ   さら again   ふける grow late   ふかす stay up late   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
crossed swords
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×