檻 — kanji meaning “pen”
檻
pen, corral, cell, jail
- Meanings
- pen, corral, cell, jail
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- おり、おばしま、てすり
- Strokes
- 19
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- jiàn, kǎn — Chinese character page
Words with 檻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折檻 | せっかん sekkan | physical punishment; beating; smacking |
| 象の檻 | ぞうのおり zounoori | elephant cage; Wullenweber antenna; large circular antenna array used for radio direction finding |
| 籠鳥檻猿 | ろうちょうかんえん rouchoukan'en | denied freedom (of how to live one's life); living like a caged bird |
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