けん
かい

noun, adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

Messages.yoji.
  1. stubbornly sticking to one's own convictions, being stubbornly independent.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
けん
かい
狷介不羈 けんかいふき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

short-tempered
ケン (Kentei 1)
dog(犬) variant
a small worm, to twist, to surround
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
jammed in, shellfish, mediate
カイ すけ ゆき (7th, N2)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
negative, non-, bad
 (4th, N4)
cliff (厂) variant
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
reins, connection
キ ハ おもが.い (Kentei 1)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら