14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N2

pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction

Kun'yomi
  • pipe
On'yomi
  • pipe
Nanori
  • すが

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

カン 99.7%
くだ 0.3%

Character Breakdown

pipe, tube, wind instrument
カン くだ すが (4th, N2)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
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

(air traffic) controller
control (by the state) ②air traffic control
within the jurisdiction (of) ②in a pipe
administrator ②custodian
administration bureau
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References

Unicode hex code 7BA1
JIS X 0208 1-20-41
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3416
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4317
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2701
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3349
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1736
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2357
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1273
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1365
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 519
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2212
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 664
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 26162
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 443
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 328
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 328
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 573
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 798
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 466
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 613
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 539
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1484
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1281
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f8.12
Four corner code 8877.7
De Roo Code 2377