堅 = 土 + 臤

堅 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “strict”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 臤 (loincloth). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 917. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: strict
RTK frame: 917
Strokes: 12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ケン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): かた.い, -がた.い
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: строго
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 堅 hard

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 堅

How to find 堅 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “loincloth”. 堅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 堅 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.