The kanji 棺: meaning, readings and stroke order

棺

Meaning: coffin
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 12
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: quan tài (quan)
Japanese: なくなったひとをいれるはこ。
Korean: 관
Chinese: 棺材

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading · less common

石せっ棺かん
stone coffin
古墳から 石せっ棺かんが出ました。
A stone coffin was found in an ancient burial mound.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.