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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. 622

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..
RTK Index (new)	622

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