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

coffin, casket

On'yomi
  • coffin

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

カン 100.0%

Character Breakdown

coffin, casket
カン (9th, N1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
bureaucrat, the government, organ
カン (4th, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
terraced hill
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

carrying out a coffin
placing in the coffin
placing a body in a coffin
burial urn (often two-story)
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References

Unicode hex code 68FA
JIS X 0208 1-20-29
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2298
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2746
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 985
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1240
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 673
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 897
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1272
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1364
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1447
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1730
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 14993
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1107
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1825
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1974
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1441
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1551
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1534
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1098
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1280
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a8.25
Four corner code 4397.7
De Roo Code 1877