Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife

貫: pierce, 8 1/3lbs

Also: penetrate, brace

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

毋 and 貝 carry the meaning

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 貫かんkan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg…
  • 一貫いっかんconsistency; coherence; integration
  • 突貫とっかんcharging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush
  • 貫徹かんてつaccomplishment; realization; attainment
  • 貫通かんつうpassing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.)

つらぬくtsuranuku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 貫くつらぬくto go through; to pierce; to penetrate

Also read ぬく, ぬき, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Treasure the moment! This radical represents the very origins of commerce and the primal concept of wealth.”
More in the 貝 shell story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
毋

Also built on not (毋)

All 3
貝

Also built on shell (貝)

All 38

貫 gives its sound to

The family reading is カン (kan). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read カン

51 kanji share this on'yomiAll 51

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
貫 pierce · 毋
vs員 employee · 口
貫 has 毋 where 員 has 口.
In ChineseSimplified 贯 · traditional, as in Japanese · guàn

Japan keeps the traditional form 貫; mainland China simplifies it to 贯.

Simplified
贯 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
貫 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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