Kanji

冠

Meaning

crown best and peerless

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • お かんむり bad temper
  • かんむり ざ Corona Borealis (constellation)
  • かんむり づる crowned crane

On'yomi

  • かん こんそうさい important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
  • えい かん laurels
  • さん かん ば winner of Japan's three main horse races

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/9

Related Entries

冠 かぶり
order, rank
冠 かんむり
traditional cap worn by Shinto...

Component Analysis

冠
crown, best, peerless
かんむり, カン
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
㝴
元
beginning, former time, origin
もと, ゲン, ガン
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
兀
high & level, lofty, bald...
コツ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
儿
( 八 ) legs radical (no. 10)
がい, ジン, ニン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
寸
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little...
スン

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