# 固 hard

(big box) + 古 (old) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
8 strokes
DUPE

## Onyomi

KO | That KODOMO (子) is hard to deal with.

## Mnemonic

| The old bread in the big box has gotten too hard to eat.

## Kunyomi

かた＊い | Hard like a stiff, formal, tight-ass person, stubborn. Also means physically hard like firm: you tap it and it goes TON TON. ★★★★☆
( を ) かた＊める | to make something congeal (clay, paint, pudding). OTHER MEANING: to harden or fortify one's defenses (or strengthen the unity of factions within the party). ★☆☆☆☆
( が ) かた＊まる | something hardens, something takes shape ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

頑固(がんこ) な | stubborn ★★☆☆☆ 1/2 KANA 頑 (stubborn) + 固 (hard) = 頑固 (stubborn)

## Used In

- 個

## Synonyms

hard 固 硬 堅
stiffen 硬くなる 固める 硬直する 硬化