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兼 か.ねる、-か.ねる concurrently, and 1 1164 10 12 はち・は・はちがしら 会意 Compound Ideographic Our ninja hero, disguised as a gardener with a rake, is suddenly attacked from both left and right concurrently by bulls with animal horns. Our hero lets out a blood-curdling scream and tears his rake handle vertically in half, so he now has two wooden staffs (split rake handle) to fight with. He grips each staff (left side and right side) and rams it into the horns of the charging bulls. The force of each charging bull causes the tips of each staff to split again (split bottom of each rake handle). 1597

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ケン かね 兼ねる(かねる): (1) to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (2) to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features (3) to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside (4) to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others) (5) to think of the future (as well as the present)気兼ね(きがね): hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something兼業(けんぎょう): side line; second business兼用(けんよう): multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes S 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12)彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58)丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2)丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 八 2 (none) concurrently You decide to take the bull by the horns and do both chores concurrently, grabbing your double-handled rake before attempting to clean up both your´s and your neighbours´ garden. But unfortunately, it´s not long until your rake splits in two.

Kanji	兼
Onyomi	ケン
Kunyomi	か.ねる、-か.ねる
Nanori	かね
English	concurrently, and
Examples	兼ねる(かねる): (1) to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (2) to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features (3) to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside (4) to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others) (5) to think of the future (as well as the present) 気兼ね(きがね): hesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something 兼業(けんぎょう): side line; second business 兼用(けんよう): multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1164
Components	八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2) 丨: number one; line; rod radical (no. 2)
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	八
Radical Number	12
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	はち・は・はちがしら
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	concurrently
Koohii Story 1	Our ninja hero, disguised as a gardener with a rake, is suddenly attacked from both left and right concurrently by bulls with animal horns. Our hero lets out a blood-curdling scream and tears his rake handle vertically in half, so he now has two wooden staffs (split rake handle) to fight with. He grips each staff (left side and right side) and rams it into the horns of the charging bulls. The force of each charging bull causes the tips of each staff to split again (split bottom of each rake handle).
Koohii Story 2	You decide to take the bull by the horns and do both chores concurrently, grabbing your double-handled rake before attempting to clean up both your´s and your neighbours´ garden. But unfortunately, it´s not long until your rake splits in two.
RTK Index	1597

Rake Radical Line Concurrently Side 丨 Number Rod