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肯

肯 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あえて。
  2. うべなう。うなずく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「肉」+音符「凡」。「あご」を意味する漢語｛頷｝を表す字。のち仮借して「うべなう」を意味する漢語｛肯｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

agreement, consent, comply with

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウJHS
Kun (native)
  • がえんじ(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音ken3
  • 한글geung
  • Hán-ViệtKhẳng
  • Hán-ViệtKhải

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

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+80AF

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱止⺝

Words using this kanji

  • 肯定こうてい質問などに対し、そのとおりであるとこと。 の意義をこと。 命題が真であると認めること。affirmation, affirmative
  • 肯綮こうけい骨と肉が結合している場所。the essential point
  • 肯諾こうだく承諾すること。consent, agreement
  • 肯ううけがうto approve, to accept, to consent, to affirm
  • 肯定的こうていてきそのとおりと同意したり、認めること。また、そのようなさま。affirmative
  • 肯定文こうていぶん肯定の内容を示す文。affirmative sentence
  • 肯定応答こうていおうとうacknowledge, ACK
  • 肯んずるがえんずるto consent, to allow, to accept
  • 肯定命題こうていめいだいaffirmative proposition
  • 肯んじるがえんじるto consent, to allow, to accept, to agree

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-4-4
Four Corner
2122.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b4.11
Heisig
400
Nelson
2432