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恒 — Constancy

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary school#1314 most used
constancy, always
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiつね (tsune)
Kun’yomiつねに (tsuneni)

Stroke order (9 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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

Common words using 恒

WordReadingMeaning
恒例こうれい
kourei
established practice; custom
恒久こうきゅう
koukyuu
permanence; perpetuity
恒常こうじょう
koujou
constancy; permanence
恒産こうさん
kousan
fixed property; real property; fixed occupation
恒星こうせい
kousei
star

Study notes

恒 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1314 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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