8 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

box (archaic)

Kun'yomi
  • box ②car (of a train, etc.) ③counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
  • to put in ②to admit ③to accept ④to include
On'yomi
  • カン

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

はこ 78.4%
カン 21.6%

Character Breakdown

box (archaic)
はこ カン い.れる (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
water radical variant (no. 85)
スイ
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)

Contained In

Common Words

Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
box and cover
drain with an oblong cross-section
the Hakone Mountains
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References

Unicode hex code 51FD
JIS X 0208 1-40-1
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 49
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 446
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3001
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3724
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2587
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1902
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2051
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1503
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1232
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 1826
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1921
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2b6.3
Four corner code 1077.2