函 — kanji meaning “box (archaic)”
函
box (archaic)
- Meanings
- box (archaic)
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- はこ、い.れる
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #1781 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 17
- Chinese reading
- hán — Chinese character page
Words with 函
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 投函 | とうかん toukan | mailing; posting |
| 函館 | はこだて hakodate | Hakodate (city in Hokkaido) |
| 函蓋 | かんがい kangai | box and cover |
| 函渠 | かんきょ kankyo | drain with an oblong cross-section |
| 函人 | かんじん kanjin | armorer; armourer |
| 函嶺 | かんれい kanrei | the Hakone Mountains |
| 潜函 | せんかん senkan | caisson |
| 潜函病 | せんかんびょう senkanbyou | caisson disease; the bends |
| 経函 | きょうかん kyoukan | sutra box |
| 私書函 | ししょかん shishokan | post office box |
| 書函 | しょかん shokan | letterbox |
| 斉次函数 | せいじかんすう seijikansuu | homogeneous function |
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