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管

pipe
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingカン
Kun readingくだ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. pipeRtK
  2. tube
  3. wind instrument
  4. drunken talk
  5. control
  6. jurisdiction
  1. vessel
  2. duct

Synonyms

チューブ

Popular Usage

管理血管

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bamboo (竹) · bureaucrat · house · maestro without baton

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1365

Compound words

管理かんり
control; management (e.g. of a business)
管理するかんりする
control
保管するほかんする
charge
血管けっかん
blood vessel; vein
移管いかん
transfer of control
管轄かんかつ
jurisdiction; control
管区かんく
jurisdiction
管制かんせい
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
管内かんない
within the jurisdiction (of); one's jurisdiction; in a pipe
気管きかん
trachea; windpipe
主管しゅかん
supervision; management; supervisor; manager
所管しょかん
jurisdiction
保管ほかん
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
卵管らんかん
fallopian tube; oviduct
管財かんざい
administration of property; custodianship; receivership
管長かんちょう
superintendent priest; chief abbot
配管はいかん
plumbing; piping
管弦楽かんげんがく
orchestral music
管制塔かんせいとう
control tower
管理者かんりしゃ
manager; administrator; landlord; warden; superintendent
管理職かんりしょく
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
管理人かんりにん
administrator; janitor; manager; concierge; caretaker
気管支きかんし
bronchus; bronchial tube
食管法しょっかんほう
law governing food quality

On Reading Examples

管から水が吹き出した。かん
Water shot from the pipe.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は病院の管理運営に責任がある。
He's in charge of administration at the hospital.tatoeba
彼は管理職に昇進した。
He was advanced to a managerial post.tatoeba
彼は、自分の留守中にその場所を管理していた従業員に出会った。
He came upon his employee who'd been looking after the place in his absence.tatoeba
彼の仕事は与信管理です。
His job is to manage credit authorization.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

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