KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 兼

かね,
ケン, か.ねる, -か.ねる
concurrently, and
This kanji has 10 strokes: 2 strokes in the "eight" radical (はちがしら) and 8 other strokes
Sample Compounds (58):
1.

きがね

hesitance, diffidence, feeling constraint, fear of troubling someone, having scruples about doing something
2.
ねる
まちかねる

to wait impatiently for
3.

けん

and, in addition, concurrently
4.

けんにん

concurrent post
5.
ねる
かねる

to simultaneously serve two or more functions or roles, to contain (or combine) two or more features, to simultaneously work two or more jobs (positions, etc.), to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others), to think of the future (as well as the present), to be unable to, to be beyond one''s ability, to be unable to bear
6.

かねあい

equilibrium, good balance, poise
7.

けんむ

additional post
8.
える
かねそなえる

to have both, to combine with
9.

けんぎょう

side line, second business
10.

さいしょくけんび

(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
11.

けんぎょうのうか

part-time farmer
12.

おまちかね

long-waited-for
13.
ねない
しかねない

capable of anything
14.

けんきん

additional post
15.
ねる
たえかねる

to be unable to endure, to lose patience
16.
ねる
しかねる

to be unable to do, to hesitate, to be reluctant
17.

かねごと

prediction, promise, prognostication
18.
ねる
たまりかねる

to be unable to bear (something) any longer, to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
19.

しゅしょうけんがいしょう

Prime Minister also serving as Foreign Minister
20.

けんこう

doing simultaneously
21.
ねる
もうしかねる

I''m sorry to trouble you, Excuse me for making such a request
22.

かねあい

equilibrium, good balance, poise
23.

いまけんしょくどう

living room-cum-dining room
24.
ねる
たえかねる

to be unable to endure, to lose patience
25.

けんしゅう

studying two lines together (as a major and a minor)
26.

いまけんしんしつ

living room and bedroom, bed-sitter
27.

けんしょく

pluralism, plurality, concurrent post
28.
ねる
だいはしょうをかねる

better too big than too small
29.

けんせつ

concurrent post
30.

けんす

to combine with, to serve as both, to hold an additional post, to use with
31.

ちとくけんび

having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue
32.

けんたい

combined use, combination, filling two positions, serving two purposes
33.
ねて
かねて

simultaneously
34.

ちゆうけんび

having both wisdom and courage
35.

けんだい

subject for a poem
36.
ねない
かねない

quite capable of ..., might happen, not unlikely to, "would not put it past him"
37.

ちゆうけんび

having both wisdom and courage
38.

ちゅうやけんこう

around-the-clock, (working) day and night
39.

けんび

being proficient in both, combine both
40.

かねがね

often, lately, already
41.
ねる
はらにすえかねる

cannot suppress one''s anger, cannot stomach
42.

けんぺい

uniting, unity
43.

ぶんぶけんび

well up in both literary and military (martial) arts, well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
44.

けんぽ

carrying on a second line of work
45.
える
かねつかえる

to serve at the same time
46.
びをねて
ようじとあそびをかねて

on business combined with pleasure
47.
ねる
りょうしょくをかねる

to hold two offices concurrently
48.

けんゆう

having both
49.

かねやく

carrying on a second line of work
50.

けんよう

multi-use, combined use, combination, serving two purposes
51.

けんえい

operating or carrying on simultaneously
52.
ねる
みかねる

to be unable to let pass unnoticed, to be unable to be indifferent
53.

けんかん

additional post
54.
ねる
いいかねる

to find it hard to say
55.
ねる
いいかねる

to find it hard to say
56.

けんごう

side line, second business
57.

おまちかね

long-waited-for
58.

けんぎょうしゅふ

part-time mom, working mother

Kuten Code: 2383
EUC Code: b7f3
Shift-JIS Code: 8cf1
JIS Code: 3773
Unicode: 517c
Radical Index: 12
Frequency Rank: 1164
Jouyou Grade: 8
DeRoo Code: 964
Four Corner code: 8023.7
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2286
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 598
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 381
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 765
"Kanji in Context" Index: 1324
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 1469
"Essential Kanji" Index: 669
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 769
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 2o8.1
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 1081
Morohashi Index: 1483
Morohashi Volume.Page: 2.105
Gakken Index: 850
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 1042
"Japanese Names" Index: 1597
Korean Reading: gyeom
Pinyin: jian1

Radical Index : : 兼

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