JLPT

N1

兼

Strokes

10

Grade

8

Meanings

Concurrentlyconcurrentlyandbeforehandin advance

Unicode

517C

Kunyomi

か

ka

Onyomi

ケン

ken

Vocabulary (12)

  • 才色兼備

    さいしょくけんび

    (a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty

  • 兼務寺

    けんむじ

    Buddhist temple without a dedicated head priest

  • 兼松日産農林

    かねまつにっさんのうりん

    Kanematsu-NNK Corporation

  • 待兼鰐

    まちかねわに

    Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis (Japanese fossil species of crocodilian)

  • 兼勤

    けんきん

    additional post

  • 大男総身に知恵が回りかね

    おおおとこそうみにちえがまわりかね

    big heads have little wit

  • 兼ね役

    かねやく

    carrying on a second line of work

  • 兼補

    けんぽ

    carrying on a second line of work

  • 兼学

    けんがく

    concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects

  • 兼有

    けんゆう

    having both

  • 知徳兼備

    ちとくけんび

    having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue

  • 智勇兼備

    ちゆうけんび

    having both wisdom and courage