堅 solid, steadfast

臣 (vassal) + 又 (again/crotch radical) + 土 (earth)

Onyomi

KEN	KENNY from South Park is pretty steadfast - he keeps getting killed and coming back.

Mnemonic

The vassal's crotch is as solid as the earth whenever the master's wife walks by.

Kunyomi

かた*い	unlike the other 2 かたいs, this one is FIGURATIVE : hard as in a steadfast, Sam Gamgee-ass pal. certain, reliable, solid. But 堅い also has a bad meaning: too stuffy, formal, rigid and bound by tradition ★★☆☆☆

Lookalikes

	Meaning	Hint	Radical
緊	tense	STRING	糸
監	oversee	PLATE	皿
堅	solid, steadfast	EARTH	土
賢	clever	MONEY	貝
覧	view	LOOK	見

I pull the STRING until it's very tense.

You oversee the PLATE (you're a waiter)

The EARTH is very solid.

You gotta be clever to get MONEY.

You view things by LOOKING at them, dumbass.

Synonyms

faithful, upstanding 誠    誠実    正直    堅実    忠実

hard 固    硬    堅