adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, noun

  1. robust, fit and healthy, strong, sturdy.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
頑健 がんけん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

stubborn, foolish, firmly
ガン かたく.な (9th, N1)
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン もと ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
page, leaf
ケツ ぺえじ おおがい (Kentei Pre-1)
neck(首) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
oneself
ジ みずか.ら おの.ずから (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
healthy, health, strength
ケン すこ.やか かつ (4th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
build
ケン たて た.てる (4th, N4)
brush, finally, self
イチ イツ ふで (Kentei 1)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
long stride or stretching radical (no. 54)
イン (Kentei 1)