Kanji

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: pour into, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on

Kunyomi: そそ.ぐ

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

灌漑 カンガイ irrigation

灌漑農業 カンガイノウギョウ irrigation farming

湯灌 ユカン washing a corpse for burial

Kunyomi Examples

注ぐ そそぐ to pour (into), to sprinkle on (from above), to water (e.g. plants), to pour onto, to spray, to shed (tears), to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on, to devote to, to fix (one's eyes) on, to flow into (e.g. of a river), to run into, to drain into, to fall (of rain, snow), to pour down