冠 — kanji meaning “crown”
冠
crown, best, peerless
- Meanings
- crown, best, peerless
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- かんむり
- Name readings
- か、かっぷ、まさる
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1503 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 14
- Chinese reading
- guān, guàn — Chinese character page
Words with 冠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 王冠 | おうかん oukan | crown; diadem |
| 冠婚葬祭 | かんこんそうさい kankonsousai | important ceremonial occasions in family relationships |
| 栄冠 | えいかん eikan | crown of victory; laurels |
| 冠水 | かんすい kansui | being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated |
| 弱冠 | じゃっかん jakkan | twenty years of age |
| 冠動脈 | かんどうみゃく kandoumyaku | coronary artery |
| 三冠王 | さんかんおう sankan'ou | winner of triple crown |
| 無冠 | むかん mukan | uncrowned; without rank |
| 冠状 | かんじょう kanjou | coronary; coronal; coronate |
| 戴冠 | たいかん taikan | coronation; crowning |
| 宝冠 | ほうかん houkan | diadem; jeweled crown |
| 月桂冠 | げっけいかん gekkeikan | laurel wreath |
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