The kanji 貫: meaning, readings and stroke order

貫

Meaning: pierce, stick to
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: つらぬ（く） tsuranuku
Strokes: 11
Radical: 貝 shell
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: xuyên qua, giữ vững (quán)
Japanese: つらぬく。さいごまでやりとおす。
Korean: 꿰뚫다, 끝까지 지키다 (관)
Chinese: 贯穿、坚持 (贯)

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading · less common

一いっ貫かん
consistency, from start to finish
考えが 一いっ貫かんしています。
His thinking stays the same from start to finish.

つらぬ（く） tsuranuku · kun reading

貫つらぬく
to stick to, to go through
自分の考えを 貫つらぬきます。
I stick to my own ideas.

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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.