Moto 漢: Sino-; ChinaKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カン
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 170 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カン)
- 漢字かんじkanji; Chinese characters
- 巨漢きょかんgiant
- 常用漢字じょうようかんじkanji for common use; jōyō kanji
- 暴漢ぼうかんhoodlum; ruffian
- 漢人かんじんChinese person (esp. Han Chinese)
- 漢和かんわChina and Japan
- 漢和辞典かんわじてんdictionary with Japanese definitions of kanji and kanji compounds; kanji dictionary
- 漢文かんぶんChinese classical writing; Chinese classics
- 漢籍かんせきChinese book; Chinese classics
- 漢詩かんしChinese poetry
- 漢語かんごJapanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word
- 痴漢ちかんmolester; groper
- 羅漢らかんarhat
- 門外漢もんがいかんoutsider; layman
- かな漢字変換かなかんじへんかんkana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.)
- 不徳漢ふとくかんcrook; swindler
- 丸漢フォントまるかんフォントMarukan font
- 人名用漢字じんめいようかんじkanji officially for use in names
- 代用漢字だいようかんじsubstitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
- 仮名漢字変換かなかんじへんかんkana-kanji conversion (on a computer, etc.)
- 兇漢きょうかんvillain; outlaw
- 冷血漢れいけつかんcold-blooded person; heartless
- 凶漢きょうかんvillain; outlaw
- 制限漢字せいげんかんじrestricted Chinese characters
- 前漢ぜんかんFormer Han dynasty (China, 206 BCE-9 CE); Western Han dynasty
- 十八羅漢じゅうはちらかんthe eighteen arhats
- 十六羅漢じゅうろくらかんthe sixteen arhats
- 卑劣漢ひれつかんmean bastard; sneak
- 単漢字たんかんじsingle kanji
- 単漢字変換たんかんじへんかんsingle-kanji conversion (in an input method)
- 単漢字辞書たんかんじじしょsingle-kanji dictionary (esp. for use in an input method)
- 和漢わかんJapanese-Chinese; Japan and China
- 和漢混交文わかんこんこうぶんmixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
- 和漢混淆文わかんこんこうぶんmixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese
- 和漢薬わかんやくJapanese and Chinese medicine; oriental medicine
- 和製漢語わせいかんごJapanese word constructed from Sino-Japanese elements; wasei kango
- 和魂漢才わこんかんさいthe Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
- 国漢こっかんJapanese and Chinese literature
- 変体漢文へんたいかんぶんJapanized version of classical Chinese (used from Heian period onward)
- 大漢和辞典だいかんわじてんDai Kanwa Jiten (major Kanji Dictionary, edited by Morohashi Tetsuji)
- 大食漢たいしょくかんgreat eater; glutton
- 天漢てんかんMilky Way
- 好漢こうかんfine fellow
- 好色漢こうしょっかんlecher
- 学年別漢字配当表がくねんべつかんじはいとうひょうlist of kanji by school year
- 学習漢字がくしゅうかんじprimary school kanji; 1,026 kanji studied in primary school
- 当用漢字とうようかんじdaily-use kanji (superseded in 1981)
- 後漢ごかんLater Han dynasty (China, 25-220 CE); Eastern Han dynasty
- 快漢かいかんpleasant fellow
- 怪漢かいかんsuspicious man
- 悪漢あっかんrascal; villain
- 悪漢小説あっかんしょうせつpicaresque novel
- 振り漢字ふりかんじkanji printed as ruby, usually to explain kana
- 教育漢字きょういくかんじthe 1,026 kanji taught in Japanese primary schools
Other readings
- 漢方薬かんぽうやくChinese herbal medicine
- 漢方かんぽうtraditional Chinese medicine
- 珍紛漢紛ちんぷんかんぷんunintelligible language; incoherent language
- 倭漢氏やまとのあやうじYamato no Aya clan
- 好色っ漢こうしょっかんlecher
- 新ＪＩＳ漢字コードしんジェーアイエスかんじコードnew JIS kanji character code
Showing the 60 most common of 170 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 漢
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