罐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. (原義、古義)小型円筒状の土器。
  2. (19世紀以降、日本発か?)主に食品を保存するのに用いられる、金属性の密閉容器、缶。
  3. 金属製の円筒。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「缶」+音符「雚」。「円筒状の器の一種」を意味する漢語{罐}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

steam boiler (left side only)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
Kun (native)
  • かま
Nanori (used in names)
Other languages
  • 拼音guan4
  • 한글gwan
  • Hán-ViệtQuán

Basics

Strokes
23 strokes
Radical
缶(ほとぎ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7F50

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰缶雚

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-17
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8471.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2k4.6
Nelson
3634