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堅 means 'tough'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1513   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-24    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 45 words   Used in 67 words   Used in 305 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ケン
Kun
   かた tough, hard, strict
Kun    -がた
Name    きん
⿱   hard   ground; earth  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 堅 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 堅 is used 63 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ケン : 34 words FIND ALL
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steady; sound; reliable; solid
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かた : 24 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: カタギ
1. honest; respectable
noun
2. respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.)
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かた (read as がた) : 5 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: そこがたい
stable (market) after having bottomed out
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An additional 4 less common words include 堅 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1217  Joy o' Kanji : 1217  Key to Kanji:

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ケン   かた tough, hard, strict   
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かた hard   
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シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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また again   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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