kanjisense

concurrently; and; beforehand; in advance

component mnemonic:
sickle (via 鎌)

  • Jōyō
  • □ character + ○ component
  • sound mark

components

"horns"
"grasping hand"
fire
Japanese on'yomi
ケン ken
Mandarin Chinese
not available
Cantonese
not available
Korean
not available
Vietnamese
not available
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Japanese kun'yomi
かねるkaneru
・-かねる-kaneru

used as a component in:

  • dislike 
    ケン ghem
  • sickle 
    ケン lėm
  • self-effacing 
    ケン kʻem
  • cheap 
    レン lėm

1 of 2 variants

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