Japanese symbol for “cannery”

缶詰工場

かんづめこうじょう

Romaji: kanzumekoujou

cannery; canning factory; canning plant

In Japanese, cannery is 缶詰工場, read かんづめこうじょう (kanzumekoujou).

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Meanings

n cannery; canning factory; canning plant

Kanji and stroke order

缶

tin can, container, jar radical (no. 121)

on: カン
kun: かま

6 strokes · JLPT 1

詰

packed, close, pressed

on: キツ、キチ
kun: つ.める、つ.め、-づ.め、つ.まる

13 strokes · JLPT 2

工

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

on: コウ、ク、グ

3 strokes · JLPT 3

場

location, place

on: ジョウ、チョウ
kun: ば

12 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
缶詰	かんづめ kanzume	canned food; tinned food
空き缶	あきかん akikan	empty can
ドラム缶	ドラムかん doramukan	drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
ツナ缶	ツナかん tsunakan	tinned tuna; canned tuna
薬缶	やかん yakan	kettle
缶切り	かんきり kankiri	can opener
詰まる	つまる tsumaru	to be packed (with); to be filled; to be full (e.g. of a schedule)
詰まり	つまり tsumari	that is to say; that is; in other words
工場	こうじょう koujou	factory; plant; mill
場所	ばしょ basho	place; location; spot

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.