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カン・ガン
Kun
れい
Meaning
a niche for an image

Origin

ORIGIN

Dragon 龍 with 合, to join, as phonetic: the hollow that holds a Buddhist image.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • がん

    a niche

  • 厨子ずし

    a miniature shrine

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

龕に仏像を安置する。

They set the image in the niche.

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