侃 — readings, stroke count and radical

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menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 剛直なさま。
2. 和らぎ楽しむさま。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

西周金文で「衍」に「口」が加えられ「彳」が略された分化字。「うれしい・たのしい」を意味する漢語｛侃｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

strong, just, righteous, peace-loving

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• カン

Kun (native)

• つよ(い)

Nanori (used in names)

• あきら
• ただし

Other languages

• 拼音kan3
• 한글gan
• Hán-ViệtKhản

infoBasics

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

人(ひと)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+4F83

grid_viewComponents

• 亻にんべん
• 口くち
• 川

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻⿱口𫶧

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 侃直かんちょくfirm and upright (character)
• 侃々諤々かんかんがくがくoutspoken, arguing (heatedly) what one believes in, insisting on something without restraint

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-2-6

Four Corner

2621.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

2a6.12

Heisig

2255

Nelson

416