健

healthy; health; strength; persistence

11 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 572.

Readings

• ケン (on reading): 健康 (けんこう) health; 健全 (けんぜん) healthy
• すこやか (kun reading): 健やか (すこやか) vigorous

Components

• 亻
• 建
• ⺅ radical person, left-side form of 人
• 廴 radical long stride
• 聿 radical brush

Words using 健

• 健康 (けんこう) health
• 健全 (けんぜん) healthy
• 健康診断 (けんこうしんだん) health checkup
• 健康的 (けんこうてき) hygienic
• 保健 (ほけん) preservation of health
• 健やか (すこやか) vigorous
• 健気 (けなげ) admirable

193 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists