肯

See also 肻

Translingual

Han character

肯 (radical 130 肉+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜一月 (YMB), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿱止月)

1. willing
2. consent to, permit

References

• KangXi: page 976, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29311
• Dae Jaweon: page 1427, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2048, character 4
• Unihan data for U+80AF

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Cantonese

Hanzi

肯 (jyutping hang2)

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Japanese

Kanji

肯 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō), かい (kai)
• Kun: うべなう (ubenau), がえんずる (gaenzuru), あえて (aete)

Compounds

• 肯綮
• 肯定

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Korean

Hanja

肯 (hangeul 긍, revised geung, McCune-Reischauer kŭng, Yale kung)

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Mandarin

Verb

肯 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin kěn)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) to be willing to

Compounds

• 肯德基
• 肯定
• trad. 肯尼亞, simpl. 肯尼亚

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Vietnamese

Han character

肯 (khẳng, khứng, khừng)