漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
固: harden, set
Also: clot, curdle
JLPT N28 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
囗 carries the meaning · 古 gives the sound
8 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
コko · on'yomi · in compounds
- 固体こたいsolid
- 固形こけいsolid
- 固有こゆうpeculiar (to), characteristic (of)
- 頑固ながんこなstubborn, obstinate
- 強固なきょうこなfirm, stable, strong
- 固定するこていするfix, be fixed
- 固辞するこじするrefuse firmly
- 凝固するぎょうこするcoagulate, freeze, solidify
かためるkatameru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 固めるかためるharden, freeze, fortify [v.t.]
かたまるkatamaru · kun'yomi
- 固まるかたまるharden, solidify [v.i.]
かたいkatai · kun'yomi
- 固いかたいhard, firm, certain
Also read かたまり, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a sturdy wall encircling a city! This radical completely wraps around other elements, containing them safely within its borders like a fence or a country's frontier.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
古
Also built on old (古)
固 takes the 古 family's reading, コ (ko).
固 gives its sound to
The family reading is コ (ko). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side固 harden · 囗
vs苦 suffering · 艹In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · gù
Same form: 固 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 固 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 固 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin gù 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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