solid, steadfast

(vassal) + (again/crotch radical) + (earth)
★☆☆☆☆
12 strokes
DUPEPNSOLO

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
tense STRING
oversee PLATE
solid, steadfast EARTH
clever MONEY
view LOOK

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