嵌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

go into, plunge, inlay

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
Kun (native)
  • は(める)
  • は(まる)
  • あな
Other languages
  • 拼音qian4
  • 拼音qian1
  • 한글gam
  • Hán-ViệtKhảm

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
巛(かわ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5D4C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱山𣢟

Words using this kanji

  • 嵌めるはめるto fit (e.g. a pane into a frame), to insert (e.g. a cork), to fasten (a button), to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves)
  • 嵌入かんにゅう嵌め込むこと。また、はまり込むこと。setting in, inlaying, dovetailing
  • 嵌合はめあい機械の各部分がはまり込むこと。fitting together (e.g. nuts and bolts), fit
  • 嵌張カンチャンwait for the middle tile of a chow
  • 嵌頓かんとん腸など腹部の内臓器官が腹壁のすきまなどから脱出し元に戻らない状態。incarceration (e.g. of a hernia), strangulation
  • 嵌まるはまるto fit, to get into, to go into, to be fitted with (e.g. door with a window)
  • 嵌め込みはめこみinsertion, inlaying, immersion
  • 嵌張待ちカンチャンまちwait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand
  • 嵌め木細工はめきざいくinlaid woodwork

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-9
Four Corner
2278.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3o9.2
Heisig
2337
Nelson
1432