漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
缶: tin can, container
Also: jar radical (no. 121)
JLPT N26 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
6 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 缶かんcan, tin
- 缶切りかんきりcan opener
- 缶詰めかんづめcanned goods, tin can
- 空き缶あきかんempty can
- 缶詰かんづめcanned food; tinned food
- ドラム缶ドラムかんdrum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
- 缶コーヒーかんコーヒーcanned coffee
Also read かま, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)缶 pottery (meaning) + 雚 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 罐 (rev. 93443894), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The base kanji for a modern metal "can" or a traditional, heavy pottery "jar" used for the long-term storage of food or liquids.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 罐 · guàn
缶 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 罐 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 罐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 罐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guàn most common reading
False friend. Chinese also has a character 缶 (fǒu), but it is a different word. The Chinese for this kanji is 罐.
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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