9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

crown, best, peerless

Kun'yomi
  • traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers ②best ③name ④counter for titles
On'yomi
  • traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers ②best ③name ④counter for titles
Nanori
  • かっぷ
  • まさる

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

カン 57.9%
かんむり 42.1%

Character Breakdown

crown, best, peerless
カン かんむり か (8th, N1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
trim(刓) variant, round off
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン もと ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)

Contained In

Common Words

traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers ②best ③name ④counter for titles
crown ②bottle cap
to crown ②to prefix with
coronation ceremony
person who has not won any major awards or titles despite being the best in a particular field ②person who wields power without holding an official rank or title ③journalist (esp. newspaper journalist)
kanji "grass radical" (radical 140) ②grass crown
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References

Unicode hex code 51A0
JIS X 0208 1-20-7
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 627
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 401
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2081
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2583
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1319
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1790
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 304
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 326
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1548
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 905
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1170
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1580
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1097
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1615
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1723
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1081
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1232
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1656
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 165
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 310
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2i7.2
Four corner code 3721.4
De Roo Code 3657