Kanji N2

固: harden, set, clot

固 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning harden, set, clot, written with 8 strokes. It is read コ (on) and かためる, かたまる, かたまり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 固まる (かたまる, to harden) and 固定 (こてい, fixing).

固

Meanings

  • harden
  • set
  • clot
  • curdle
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#750 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • コ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かためる
  • かたまる
  • かたまり
  • かたい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

12345678

Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

123456780 / 8

Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 8. Start at the dot.

Common words with 固

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 固まるかたまる

    to harden; to solidify

    JLPT N2
  • 固定こてい

    fixing (in place); being fixed (in place)

    JLPT N1
  • 固有こゆう

    characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

    JLPT N1
  • 固めるかためる

    to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify

    JLPT N1
  • 固体こたい

    solid (body); solid matter; solid-state

    JLPT N1
  • 頑固がんこ

    stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

    JLPT N1
  • 固めかため

    hardening; fortifying

  • 断固だんこ

    firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

Learn Japanese with a path that remembers you

Naraio opens soon: one guided path from hiragana to N1, reviews at the right moment, a tutor who listens and kanji checked stroke by stroke. Leave your email and you're among the first in, free to start.

One note now, one email the day we open. Nothing else. Privacy.

Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.