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box (archaic)
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingカン
Kun readingはこ、い.れる
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. box (archaic)
    彼は手紙を投函するため郵便局にいった。He went to the post office to mail the letter.tatoeba
    彼にこの手紙を投函させましょうか。Shall I have him mail this letter?tatoeba
  2. binRtK
  1. box
  2. case
  3. chest
  4. package
  5. pack

Radicals and components

Radical凵open box
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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snare · sparkler · shovel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2051

Compound words

投函とうかん
mailing; posting
函蓋かんがい
box and cover
函渠かんきょ
drain with an oblong cross-section
函人かんじん
armorer
函数かんすう
function
函嶺かんれい
the Hakone Mountains
逆函数ぎゃくかんすう
inverse function
函れるいれる
to put in
三角函数さんかくかんすう
trigonometric function
連続函数れんぞくかんすう
continuous function

Additional Examples

函館山に登るとすばらしい函館の夜景が見られる。
It is really lovely to go up Mt. Hakodate and look at the night view of Hakodate city.tatoeba
手紙を投函するのを忘れないように。
Don't forget to post the letter.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

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