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固 かた.める、かた.まる、かた.まり、かた.い 固定(こてい): (1) fixation; fixing (e.g. salary, capital) (2) fixed handle固める(かためる): (1) to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) (2) to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate (3) to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) (4) to fortify; to reinforce; to support (5) to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) (6) to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise (7) to tie tightly; to fasten (8) to hold a bow fully drawn固有(こゆう): characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-頑固(がんこ): stubbornness; obstinacy固体(こたい): solid (body); solid matter; solid-state固まる(かたまる): (1) to harden; to solidify (2) to become firm; to become certain (3) to gather (together); to assemble; to huddle together 4 囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box古: old 囗 3 (none) harden Remember Metapod from Pokemon? All it used was harden, which kept it pent in until it grew old enough to evolve into Butterfree..

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コ harden, set, clot, curdle 2 750 8 31 くに・くにがまえ 会意 Compound Ideographic Fossils are old things pent in that have hardened.

Kanji	固
Onyomi	コ
Kunyomi	かた.める、かた.まる、かた.まり、かた.い
English	harden, set, clot, curdle
Examples	固定(こてい): (1) fixation; fixing (e.g. salary, capital) (2) fixed handle 固める(かためる): (1) to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) (2) to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate (3) to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) (4) to fortify; to reinforce; to support (5) to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) (6) to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise (7) to tie tightly; to fasten (8) to hold a bow fully drawn 固有(こゆう): characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen- 頑固(がんこ): stubbornness; obstinacy 固体(こたい): solid (body); solid matter; solid-state 固まる(かたまる): (1) to harden; to solidify (2) to become firm; to become certain (3) to gather (together); to assemble; to huddle together
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	750
Components	囗: box or enclosure radical (no. 31); box 古: old
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	囗
Radical Number	31
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	くに・くにがまえ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	harden
Koohii Story 1	Fossils are old things pent in that have hardened.
Koohii Story 2	Remember Metapod from Pokemon? All it used was harden, which kept it pent in until it grew old enough to evolve into Butterfree..

Harden Make Solid Box Pent 固 コ かた.める、かた.まる、かた.まり、かた.い

Harden Make Solid Box Pent 固コかた.める、かた.まる、かた.まり、かた.い