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艮 means 'good' and is a variant of 良

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Strokes : 6    Radical number: 138    Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 1 word   Used in 4 words   Used in 20 names   Component in 122 kanji (25 Jōyō)
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
Additional readings
On    コン   ゴン
Kun    うしとら northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
Notes
When used as a component, we treat this as a variant of 良 (good) and use the meaning 'good'.
See how 艮 has connections to time, cardinal directions, stopping, and 良 (good)!
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gen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: mountain, northeast)
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艮
good
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