stiff

Katai
stiff
Kou
Examples
hardening
hardness

硬 (Katai) is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning “stiff, hard”. It is taught in secondary school and written in 12 strokes.

On'yomi

  • Kou

Kun'yomi

  • Katai
JLPT
N2
Strokes
12
Taught in
secondary school

Example words with

  • hardening
  • hardness
  • firm

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