kanjisense

component mnemonic:
firm (cf. 堅)

historical character meaning:
hard; wise

  • Jōyō
  • ○ component only
  • sound mark

components

vassal
also "grabbing hand"
ユウ iūˎ
Japanese on'yomi
カン kan ・ケン ken ・コウ kō ・キョウ kyō
Mandarin Chinese
not available
Cantonese
not available
Korean
not available
Vietnamese
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Japanese kun'yomi
かたいkatai

used as a component in:

  • firm 
    ケン ken
  • intelligent 
    ケン ghen
  • tense 
    キン kyīnˬ
  • kidney 
    ジン dźīnˬ
  • length 
    ジュ dźyuˬ
in your browser: 臤 U+81E4
traditional radical: 131 臣  (+2)