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缶 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「缶」

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準2High school level ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「缶」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
かまkama
Meaning
can; tin

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally a pictograph of a narrow-mouthed clay vessel; today it means a metal can.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan缶かん缶詰かんづめ製缶せいかん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 缶詰かんづめ

    canned food

  • 空き缶あきかん

    an empty can

More words with this kanji

  • 缶かん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

空(あ)き缶(かん)を分(わ)けて捨(す)てる。

I sort out the empty cans before throwing them away.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 缶Map of reading カンAll maps

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

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