Kanji1 / 12
硬 kanji
stiff, hard
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
コウ
Kun readings
かたい
Words with 硬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3硬貨Popularcoin; hard currency
- N1強硬Popularfirm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn; tough; hard-line
- —硬化Popularhardening; vulcanization; vulcanisation; sclerosis; curing; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; toughening; upturn (in the market); firming up
- —硬式Popularhard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
- —硬質Popularhardness; stiffness
- —硬直Popularstiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
- —硬度Popularhardness; solidity
- —硬派Popularhard-liners; diehards; hawks; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; man's man; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs; strait-laced type (with respect to relationships); bullish traders
- —肝硬変Popularcirrhosis (of the liver)
- —動脈硬化Populararteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries; loss of flexibility (in thinking, systems, etc.); inflexibility; institutional rigidity
- —硬hardness
- —硬球hard ball; regulation ball
- —硬玉jadeite
- —硬骨bone; firmness (of character); backbone; unyielding spirit
- —硬水hard water
- —硬軟hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
- —硬変cirrhosis
- —生硬crude; immature; unpolished
- —硬性hardness
- —硬筆pen or pencil