Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

慣: accustomed, get used to

Also: become experienced

JLPT N314 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

忄 carries the meaning · 貫 gives the sound

14 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 習慣しゅうかんcustom, habit
  • 慣例かんれいcustom, convention
  • 慣用句かんようくidiomatic phrase
  • 慣行かんこうcustomary practice; habit; traditional event
  • 慣習かんしゅうcustom; convention; common practice

なれるnareru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 慣れるなれるgrow accustomed
  • 慣れなれpractice; experience; habituation

ならすnarasu · kun'yomi

  • 使い慣らすつかいならすaccustom oneself to using

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
慣 accustomed · 貫
vs憤 aroused · 賁
慣 has 貫 where 憤 has 賁.
In ChineseSimplified 惯 · traditional, as in Japanese · guàn

Japan keeps the traditional form 慣; mainland China simplifies it to 惯.

Simplified
惯 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
慣 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin guàn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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