# 堅 solid, steadfast

臣 (vassal) + 又 (again/crotch radical) + 土 (earth)
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12 strokes
DUPE PN SOLO

## Onyomi

KEN | KENNY from South Park is pretty steadfast - he keeps getting killed and coming back.

## Mnemonic

| The vassal's crotch is as solid as the earth whenever the master's wife walks by.

## Kunyomi

かた*い | unlike the other 2 かたいs, this one is FIGURATIVE : hard as in a steadfast, Sam Gamgee-ass pal. certain, reliable, solid. But 堅い also has a bad meaning: too stuffy, formal, rigid and bound by tradition ★★☆☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
緊 | tense | STRING | 糸
監 | oversee | PLATE | 皿
堅 | solid, steadfast | EARTH | 土
賢 | clever | MONEY | 貝
覧 | view | LOOK | 見

I pull the STRING until it's very tense.

You oversee the PLATE (you're a waiter)

The EARTH is very solid.

You gotta be clever to get MONEY.

You view things by LOOKING at them, dumbass.

## Synonyms

faithful, upstanding 誠 誠実 正直 堅実 忠実
hard 固 硬 堅