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毅 — Strong

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary school#1770 most used
strong
On’yomi (ki)
On’yomi (gi)
Kun’yomiつよ (tsuyoi)

Stroke order (15 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 毅

WordReadingMeaning
剛毅ごうき
gouki
fortitude; firmness of character; sturdiness

Study notes

毅 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1770 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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