かた
堅
ぎ
気

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. honest, respectable, decent.

noun, takes genitive case の

  1. respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.).

noun

  1. person in a respectable occupation.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かた
堅
ぎ
気
 堅気 かたぎ
　
カ
　
タ
　
ギ
 カタギ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

strict, hard, solid
ケン　かた.い　きん (Early Jr. High, N1)
hard, wise
カン　ケン　コウ
retainer, subject
シン　とみ　おみ (4th, N2)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (Late Jr. High, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
spirit, mind, air
キ　き　ケ (1st, N5)
spirit, steam radical (no. 84)
キ　ケ　いき (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)