Practice JLPT
兼
JLPT N1 Kanji

兼 — concurrently, and

  • JLPT N1
  • 10 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 八
  • #1164 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
ケン
Kun'yomi
か.ねる-か.ねる

Example words

  • 兼ねるかねる(1) to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do (2) to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features (3) to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside (4) to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others) (5) to think of the future (as well as the present)
  • 気兼ねきがねhesitance; diffidence; feeling constraint; fear of troubling someone; having scruples about doing something
  • 兼業けんぎょうside line; second business
  • 兼用けんようmulti-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes