Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1503 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: crown, best, peerless

Kunyomi: かんむり

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: cover

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カンムリ traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers, crown, diadem, coronet, top kanji radical, first verse of a haikai, etc., best, peerless, first, name, title, named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc.

婚葬祭 カンコンソウサイ important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

ホウカン diadem, jeweled crown

月桂 ゲッケイカン laurel wreath

Kunyomi Examples

かんむり traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers, crown, diadem, coronet, top kanji radical, first verse of a haikai, etc., best, peerless, first, name, title, named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc.

海雀 かんむりうみすずめ Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume), crested murrelet

ういこうぶり crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony, noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)

おいかんむり kanji "old" radical at top