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康

Health
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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JōyōGrade 4Level 27

Popular Usage

健康

Radicals and components

Radical广dotted cliff
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ease · cave · sieve · rake · grains of rice

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1243

Compound words

健康けんこう
health; healthy; sound; fit; wholesome
徳川家康とくがわいえやす
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616), warlord who unified Japan and founded the Tokugawa shogunate.
小康しょうこう
lull; breathing spell; respite; remission (of an illness); becoming stable
健康的けんこうてき
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
不健康ふけんこう
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
健康診断けんこうしんだん
health checkup; (general) medical examination; physical examination
健康保険けんこうほけん
health insurance
健康食品けんこうしょくひん
health foods
国民健康保険こくみんけんこうほけん
national health insurance
康寧こうねい
tranquility
康熙こうき
Kangxi era (of emperor Shengzu of Qing; 1661-1722)
健康児けんこうじ
healthy child
健康者けんこうしゃ
healthy person
健康体けんこうたい
healthy body
健康地けんこうち
healthy place
健康美けんこうび
healthy beauty
健康不安けんこうふあん
poor health
康煕字典こうきじてん
Kangxi dictionary
康熙字典こうきじてん
Kangxi dictionary
健康証明書けんこうしょうめいしょ
health certificate

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の健康を心配している。
He is anxious about her health.tatoeba
彼は年を取ってきたが相変わらず健康だ。
He is getting old, but he is as healthy as ever.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Health, ease. 广 + 隶 (a hand with a broom) — a well-kept house, all at peace. 健康 — health.Also known as “Ease”

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 康

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step