棺

coffin, casket

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:N1

Frequency:2161

Vocabulary

カン

Word	Reading	Meaning
石棺	セキカン	sarcophagus; stone coffin
入棺	ニュウカン	placing in the coffin
納棺	ノウカン	placing a body in a coffin
棺内分娩	カンナイブンベン	coffin birth; postmortem fetal extrusion
棺架	カンカ	bier

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
棺	かん	coffin; casket
棺	ひつぎ	coffin; casket
石棺	せっかん	sarcophagus; stone coffin
棺桶	かんおけ	coffin; casket
出棺	しゅっかん	carrying out a coffin; funeral procession

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