硬い

かたい
solid, hard (esp. metal, stone)

Reading

Readingかたい
N3 VocabJLPT N3adj-i
Kanji硬

Meanings

  1. solid
  2. hard (esp. metal)
  3. unpolished writing
  1. hardadj-iesp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone
  2. tough
  3. stiffadj-i
  4. tight
  5. wooden
  6. unpolished (e.g. writing)
  7. strongadj-i
  8. firm (not viscous or easily moved)
  9. safeadj-i
  10. steady
  11. honest
  12. steadfast
  13. obstinateadj-i
  14. stubborn
  15. bookishadj-i
  16. formal
  17. stuffy

Homonyms

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Same reading (かたい)
難い · difficult

Stroke order

硬
い

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 硬い

The whole word, one canvas per character — with a guide, then twice from memory, every character checked