貫: Pierce; 8 1/3lbs; PenetrateKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (カン)

• 貫かんkan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
• 一貫いっかんconsistency; coherence
• 突貫とっかんcharging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush
• 終始一貫しゅうしいっかんconsistently; unchangingly
• 縦貫じゅうかんrunning through; traversal
• 貫徹かんてつaccomplishment; realization
• 貫通かんつうpiercing; penetrating
• 一気通貫いっきつうかんpure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) as three chows
• 一貫していっかんしてconsistently
• 一貫作業いっかんさぎょうcontinuous operation
• 一貫性いっかんせいconsistency
• 一貫教育いっかんきょういくintegrated education; integrated school system
• 一貫教育校いっかんきょういくこうintegrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route
• 一貫校いっかんこうcombined school (e.g. junior high and high school)
• 一貫生産体制いっかんせいさんたいせいintegrated production system
• 一貫番号いっかんばんごうserial number
• 中高一貫校ちゅうこういっかんこうcombined junior high and high school
• 初志貫徹しょしかんてつcarrying out one's original intention
• 尺貫法しゃっかんほうold Japanese system of weights and measures
• 改貫かいかんborrowing new scoring counters during an ongoing game
• 横貫おうかんtraversing horizontally; passing through laterally
• 流し満貫ながしまんがんwin by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round
• 盲貫銃創もうかんじゅうそうlodged-bullet wound
• 看貫かんかんweighing; platform scales
• 突貫作業とっかんさぎょうrush work; crash program
• 突貫工事とっかんこうじconstruction at top speed
• 裸一貫はだかいっかんhaving nothing except one's body; having empty pockets
• 貫主かんじゅchief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)
• 貫入かんにゅうpenetration
• 貫入岩かんにゅうがんintrusive rock
• 貫流かんりゅうflowing through; conduction
• 貫生葉かんせいようperfoliate leaf
• 貫目かんめunit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg
• 貫禄かんろくpresence; dignity
• 貫禄不足かんろくぶそくlacking enough gravity for (a position, task); being an insignificant figure for (a position)

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 貫き通すつらぬきとおすto go through; to pierce
• 貫くつらぬくto go through; to pierce
• くり貫くくりぬくto gouge out; to excavate
• 刳り貫くくりぬくto gouge out; to excavate
• 刺し貫くさしつらぬくto pierce
• 同田貫どうたぬきEiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province
• 吹き貫ふきぬきstairwell; atrium
• 吹き貫きふきぬきstairwell; atrium
• 壁を貫くかべをつらぬくto penetrate the wall
• 射貫くいぬくto shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
• 打ち貫くうちぬくto punch; to hit and hit
• 指貫ゆびぬきthimble
• 指貫きゆびぬきthimble
• 目的を貫くもくてきをつらぬくto accomplish (attain) one's object
• 目貫めぬきsword hilt; decorative hilt
• 目貫きめぬきsword hilt; decorative hilt
• 綿貫わたぬきunpadded kimono
• 胴田貫どうたぬきEiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province
• 腕貫うでぬきarm glove; arm warmer
• 貫手ぬきてspear hand
• 貫板ぬきいたrough-cut board; construction lumber

Other readings

• 刳貫くくりぬくto gouge out; to excavate
• 吹貫きふきぬきstairwell; atrium
• 満貫マンガンwin worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)
• 貫木かんぬきbar; bolt (e.g. on door)

Showing the 60 most common of 70 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 貫

• 一
• 通
• 目
• 首
• 突
• 徹
• 校
• 吹
• 尾
• 作
• 業