Skip to content

JLPT N3 kanji · Chapter 28

険 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

steep; dangerous

On: ケンken
Kun: けわしいkewashii

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

険11 strokes

How to write 険: stroke order

険 has 11 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

険 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 険 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 険

The parts 険 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

⻖ (阜)
hill; element in place names
Radical
㑒 (僉)

More kanji in this chapter

JLPT N3 kanji · Chapter 28

冷 cold; coolOnレイKunつめたい、さめる、さます暮 live; grow darkOnボKunくれる、くらす腹 abdomen; bellyOnフクKunはら、こころ危 dangerousOnキKunあぶない、あやぶむ、あやうく許 permit; forgiveOnキョ、コKunゆるす、もと、ばかり似 resembleOnジKunにる、ひる険 steep; dangerousOnケンKunけわしい財 wealth; propertyOnザイ、サイ、ゾクKunたから遊 playOnユ、ユウKunあそぶ、あそばす、すさび雑 miscellaneous; roughOnザツ、ゾウKunまじえる、まじる、まぜる