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棺 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
準2High school level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
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Meaning
coffin

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Wood plus a phonetic element: the wooden box in which the dead are laid — a coffin.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan棺おけかんおけ石棺せっかん出棺しゅっかん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 石棺せっかん

    stone coffin; sarcophagus

  • 出棺しゅっかん

    departure of the coffin

More words with this kanji

  • 棺ひつぎ
  • 棺椁かんかく
  • 棺槨かんかく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

棺に白(しろ)い花(はな)を手向(たむ)けた。

We laid white flowers on the coffin.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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