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Readings

Kana: カン、そそ.ぐ
Romaji: kan, soso.gu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

pour into, irrigate, shed (tears, flow into, concentrate on

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  85
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-11
Korean Reading:  gwan
Chinese Reading:  guan4
Unicode:  6f45
JIS:  3443

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 3287
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a17.3
Four Corner Index: 3411.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18216
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0349
Remembering the kanji Index: 2314
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2407

Words

潅水 (かんすい)
sprinkling (water); watering (plants)
湯灌 (ゆかん)
washing a corpse for burial
灌木 (かんぼく)
bush; shrub
灌漑用水 (かんがいようすい)
irrigation water
灌流圧 (かんりゅうあつ)
perfusion pressure
注ぐ (そそぐ)
to pour (into); to fill; to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears); to concentrate one's spirit (strength, attention) on; to fall onto (of rain, snow)
浣腸 (かんちょう)
(giving an) enema
灌漑 (かんがい)
irrigation
かん流 (かんりゅう)
perfusion
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