9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level 1
JLPT exam level N1

strong

Kun'yomi
  • つよ
On'yomi
  • ケイ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

ケイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

strong
ケイ つよ.い (Kentei 1, N1)
path, diameter, method
ケイ みち こみち (Kentei 1)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
streams running underground, flowing water
ケイ キョウ
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
curving river radical (no.47)
セン かわ (Kentei 1)
ku radical
river
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ ク もく (2nd, N4)
power, strength, strong
リョク ちから リキ (1st, N4)

Common Words

strong and nimble
excellent soldier
formidable foe
strong and fierce
wind-resistant blade of grass
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References

Unicode hex code 52C1
JIS X 0208 1-50-6
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 723
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 538
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1833
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 969
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1313
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2990
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2992
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1697A
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2349
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2029
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2g7.2
Four corner code 1412.7