漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
兼: concurrently, and
Also: beforehand, in advance
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
八 carries the meaning · ⺕ and 丨 are drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ケンken · on'yomi · in compounds
- 兼けんand (concurrently
- 兼務けんむserving concurrently as
- 兼任けんにんserving concurrently as
かねるkaneru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 兼ねるかねるto be unable to
- 気兼ねきがねconstraint; reserve; feeling hesitant
- 兼ね合いかねあいequilibrium; good balance; poise
- 兼ね備えるかねそなえるto have both; to possess both
- 待ち兼ねるまちかねるto wait impatiently for
Also read -かねる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Split it right down the middle! This radical carries the energy of division and the clarity of separation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
⺕
Also built on ⺕
15 in all兼 gives its sound to
The family reading is ケン (ken). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiān
Same form: 兼 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 兼 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 兼 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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