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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2161 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: coffin, casket

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: カン

Composition: 木 官

棺

Radical

Radical: 木

Meaning: tree

Reading: き

Frequency: 1,369

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

木

Examples

Onyomi Examples

棺 (カン) coffin, casket

棺桶 (カンオケ) coffin, casket

石棺 (セッカン) sarcophagus, stone coffin

納棺 (ノウカン) placing a body in a coffin

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