Search Kanji for カン

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open box enclosure

Meaning: open box enclosure; open box radical (no. 17)
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

wild goose

Meaning: wild goose; trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
Kun-yomi: かりがね
On-yomi: カン

dry

Meaning: dry; parch
Kun-yomi: ほ.す/ほ.し-/-ぼ.し/ひ.る
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あげまき/あらがね/くさかんむり
On-yomi: カン

pierce

Meaning: pierce; penetrate; brace
Kun-yomi: つらぬ.く
On-yomi: カン

cut

Meaning: cut; whittle
Kun-yomi: き.る/けず.る
On-yomi: カン/セン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: かりがね/がんだれ
On-yomi: カン

armor

Meaning: armor; high (voice); A grade; first class; former; instep; carapace
Kun-yomi: きのえ
On-yomi: コウ/カン/カ

publish

Meaning: publish; carve; engrave
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

saguaro-like kanji

Meaning: saguaro-like kanji; horn-shaped locks of hair; young; tender
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン/ケン

sweet

Meaning: sweet; coax; pamper; be content; sugary
Kun-yomi: あま.い/あま.える/あま.やかす/うま.い
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: そこ.なう
On-yomi: カン

an ancient place in the state of Wu

Meaning: an ancient place in the state of Wu
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

weep

Meaning: weep
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: ががいも
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: はとむぎ
On-yomi: カイ/カン

wickedness

Meaning: wickedness; mischief; rudeness
Kun-yomi: おか.す
On-yomi: カン

range

Meaning: range; reach; extend; cover
Kun-yomi: わた.る/もと.める
On-yomi: コウ/カン

span

Meaning: span; request
Kun-yomi: わた.る/もと.める
On-yomi: コウ/カン

sweat

Meaning: sweat; perspire
Kun-yomi: あせ
On-yomi: カン

tin can

Meaning: tin can; container; jar radical (no. 121)
Kun-yomi: かま
On-yomi: カン

wild dog (not very large)

Meaning: wild dog (not very large); lock-up
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

place name

Meaning: place name; tree cricket
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

concerned about

Meaning: concerned about
Kun-yomi: きわ.める/おか.す
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: もと.める/すす.める/さえぎ.る
On-yomi: カン

restrain

Meaning: restrain
Kun-yomi: ふせ.ぐ
On-yomi: カン

pitfall

Meaning: pitfall
Kun-yomi: あな
On-yomi: カン

wife of mother's brother

Meaning: wife of mother's brother
Kun-yomi: うつく.しい/よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: セン/ケン/カン/キン/ゴン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: もと.める/え.る/と.める
On-yomi: カン

sunset

Meaning: sunset; dusk; evening
Kun-yomi: く.れる
On-yomi: カン

drought

Meaning: drought; dry weather
Kun-yomi: ひでり
On-yomi: カン

perfect

Meaning: perfect; completion; end
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

shish kebab

Meaning: shish kebab; spit; skewer
Kun-yomi: くし/つらぬ.く
On-yomi: カン/ケン/セン

liver

Meaning: liver; pluck; nerve; chutzpah
Kun-yomi: きも
On-yomi: カン

bird-catching net

Meaning: bird-catching net; rare
Kun-yomi: まれ
On-yomi: カン

shield

Meaning: shield; pole
Kun-yomi: てこ
On-yomi: カン

inferior variety of gem

Meaning: inferior variety of gem
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: しろめ
On-yomi: カン

pit

Meaning: pit; hole
Kun-yomi: おとしあな
On-yomi: カン/ゲン/コン

jar

Meaning: jar; pot
Kun-yomi: つぼ
On-yomi: カン

water from washing rice

Meaning: water from washing rice; to boil thick, as gruel; rinse & comb hair
Kun-yomi: ゆす.る
On-yomi: カン/ゴン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: きよ.める
On-yomi: カン

licorice

Meaning: licorice
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン/コン

rock

Meaning: rock; cliff
Kun-yomi: きぬた
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: あき.らか
On-yomi: ケン/カン

volume

Meaning: volume; book; part
Kun-yomi: ま.く/まき
On-yomi: カン/ケン

strong

Meaning: strong; just; righteous; peace-loving
Kun-yomi: つよ.い
On-yomi: カン

bureaucrat

Meaning: bureaucrat; the government
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

so

Meaning: so
Kun-yomi: ふく.む
On-yomi: カン

box (archaic)

Meaning: box (archaic)
Kun-yomi: はこ/い.れる
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン/ケン/ギン/ゴン/リン

shut one's mouth

Meaning: shut one's mouth
Kun-yomi: つぐ.む
On-yomi: カン/ケン

give pleasure

Meaning: give pleasure; be pleased; happy
Kun-yomi: よろこ.ぶ
On-yomi: カン

hard

Meaning: hard; wise
Kun-yomi: かた.い
On-yomi: カン/ケン/コウ/キョウ

an ancient feudal State in Shaanxi

Meaning: an ancient feudal State in Shaanxi
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: シュン/カン

box

Meaning: box
Kun-yomi: はこ/い.れる
On-yomi: カン

wicked

Meaning: wicked; mischief; seduce; rape; noisy
Kun-yomi: かしま.しい/みだら/よこしま
On-yomi: カン/ケン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi: まったし/けが.す
On-yomi: コン/カン

river in Henan province

Meaning: river in Henan province
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: エン/オン/カン

clear

Meaning: clear; bright
Kun-yomi: あき.らか
On-yomi: カン

hack

Meaning: hack; chop; cut; fell
Kun-yomi: き.る
On-yomi: カン/コン/キン

worm

Meaning: worm
Kun-yomi: ぼうふら
On-yomi: カン

cover over

Meaning: cover over; hide; narrow-necked
Kun-yomi: おお.う
On-yomi: エン/カン/コン/ダン/ナン

crown

Meaning: crown; best; peerless
Kun-yomi: かんむり
On-yomi: カン

scroll

Meaning: scroll; volume; book; part; roll up; wind up; tie; coil; counter for texts (or book scrolls)
Kun-yomi: ま.く/まき/ま.き
On-yomi: カン/ケン

wicked

Meaning: wicked; mischief; seduce; rape; noisy
Kun-yomi: かん.する/かしま.しい/みだら
On-yomi: カン/ケン

citrus

Meaning: citrus; orange
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: コン/カン

watch over

Meaning: watch over; see
Kun-yomi: み.る
On-yomi: カン
竿

pole

Meaning: pole; rod; scale beam; violin neck
Kun-yomi: さお
On-yomi: カン

all

Meaning: all; same
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン/ゲン

official

Meaning: official
Kun-yomi: つかさ
On-yomi: カン

Meaning:
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン/ケン

select

Meaning: select; pick out
Kun-yomi: えら.ぶ
On-yomi: カン/ケン

white silk

Meaning: white silk; fine silk; gauze
Kun-yomi: しろぎぬ/むすぶ/かさ.なる
On-yomi: カン

drought

Meaning: drought; dry; dessicate; drink up; heaven; emperor
Kun-yomi: かわ.く/かわ.かす/ほ.す/ひ.る/いぬい
On-yomi: カン/ケン

children's diseases

Meaning: children's diseases
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

prison

Meaning: prison; kind of wild dog
Kun-yomi:
On-yomi: カン

defend

Meaning: defend; protect
Kun-yomi: ふせ.ぐ
On-yomi: カン

to labor

Meaning: to labor; tired
Kun-yomi: つと.める/う.む
On-yomi: ケン/カン

light of the sun

Meaning: light of the sun; to dry in the sun
Kun-yomi: かわ.かす
On-yomi: ケン/テン/カン/キ

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