strong / solid / firm / unyielding / resolute

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) built a strong (坚) and sturdy (坚) burrow out of dirt (土) in front of the anthill (an1). She even equipped it with a strong (坚) radio (収) to keep contact with her troops.

坚 character breakdown

variant of 收[shou1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a radio receiver.

In front of the outhouse, Sherlock Holmes wants to improve the range of his radio receiver, so he adds very long roast forks as antennas. To make them safe he shoves boxing gloves over their pointy ends.
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

Characters with 坚 as component

(onom.) clang / jingling of metals / to strike
bonito
stingy

Words with 坚

to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on
firm / steady / staunch / resolute
firm and substantial / solid
to claim / to insist
persevering / tenacious
no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle / nothing one can't do / to carry everything before one
to assault a fortified position / (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission
Fu Jian (338-385), emperor of Former Qin 前秦[Qian2 Qin2], reigning from 357-385
lit. looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects) / fig. to delve deeply into one's studies / meticulous and diligent study
Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), Song poet and calligrapher
to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges
first Sui emperor Yang Jian (541-604), reigned 581-604
to become more resolute with the passing of time (idiom)
see 比基尼[bi3 ji1 ni2]
poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined / the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back

Sentences with 坚

坚 currently does not appear in any sentence.