棺 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道準2High school level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- カン
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- coffin
Origin
Wood plus a phonetic element: the wooden box in which the dead are laid — a coffin.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| カン | 棺おけ・石棺・出棺 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 石棺せっかん
stone coffin; sarcophagus
- 出棺しゅっかん
departure of the coffin
Example
棺に白い花を手向けた。
We laid white flowers on the coffin.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)