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懇

懇 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 懇ろ。
  2. 精一杯の真心を込める。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「心」+音符「豤」。「誠意を尽くす」を意味する漢語｛懇｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sociable, kind, courteous, hospitable, cordial

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コンJHS
Kun (native)
  • ねんご(ろ)HS
Other languages
  • 拼音ken3
  • 한글gan
  • Hán-ViệtKhẩn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+61C7

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱貇心

Words using this kanji

  • 懇談こんだん複数のものがお互いに打ち解けて話し合うこと。friendly chat, relaxed conversation, informal meeting
  • 懇親こんしん懇ろに親交すること。 打ち解けて交際すること。 とても親しいさま。friendship, intimacy
  • 懇話こんわお互いに打ち解けて話し合うこと。懇談すること。friendly talk, chat
  • 懇意こんい交際が親密であること。ねんごろ。friendship, (on) familiar terms, intimacy, kindness
  • 懇切こんせつ強く願うこと。 細かい点にまで行き届いて親切なこと。kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.), considerate, helpful, thoughtful
  • 懇願こんがん真心から願うこと。pleading, entreaty, supplication, petition
  • 懇請こんせい心を込めて頼み込むこと。ひたすら請願すること。appeal, entreaty, request
  • 懇ろねんごろkind, courteous, hospitable, warmly respectful
  • 懇情こんじょう懇ろな心持ち。親切な心遣い。kindliness
  • 懇篤こんとく懇切丁寧で、心がこもっていること。cordial, kind, warm, genial
  • 懇望こんもう切に心から望むこと。entreaty, solicitation, earnest request
  • 懇命こんめいkind words
  • 懇々こんこんearnest, kind, sincere
  • 懇書こんしょ相手の手紙に敬意を表する語。your kind letter
  • 懇到こんとうpolite, courteous, considerate, attentive
  • 懇親会こんしんかい互いの親睦を深めるための会合で、一般には宴会。social gathering, get-together, (friendly) meeting
  • 懇談会こんだんかいinformal meeting, get-together (for a chat), gathering (for discussion), colloquium
  • 懇話会こんわかいgathering for friendly discussion
  • 懇切丁寧こんせつていねい細かなところまで気配りが行き届いて親切なこと。kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.), thoughtful and scrupulous
  • 懇ろになるねんごろになるto become intimate with (e.g. a woman), to become acquainted

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-13-4
Four Corner
2733.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4k13.12
Heisig
2123
Nelson
1781