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棺

coffin
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingカン
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. coffinRtK
  2. casket

Synonyms

入れ物

Homonyms

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Same reading (かん)
間 · interval勘 · perception缶 · can管 · pipe観 · look艦 · warship貫 · kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)

Radicals and components

Radical木tree
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · bureaucrat · house · maestro without baton

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1364

Compound words

石棺せっかん
sarcophagus; stone coffin
棺桶かんおけ
coffin
出棺しゅっかん
carrying out a coffin
寝棺ねかん
coffin
入棺にゅうかん
placing in the coffin
納棺のうかん
placing a body in a coffin
甕棺かめかん
burial urn (often two-storey)
棺おけかんおけ
coffin
棺を覆うかんをおおう
to cover a coffin
棺に納めるかんにおさめる
to lay in a coffin

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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