This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: カン
Romaji: kan
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: けん
Romaji: ken
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  108
Frequency:  408
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  2-10-5
Korean Reading:  gam
Chinese Reading:  jian4
Unicode:  76e3
JIS:  3446

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2852
Nelson Index: 3121
New Nelson Index: 3901
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5h10.1
Four Corner Index: 7810.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1111
Gakken Index: 537
Japanese Names Index: 2398
Daikanwanjiten Index: 23032
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 8.0128
Remembering the kanji Index: 1453
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1556
Kodansha Compact Index: 1374
Kanji in Context Index: 925
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1825
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2483
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1465
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1562
Essential Kanji Index: 1460
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3535
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3474
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1782

Words

(げん)
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
監修 (かんしゅう)
(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director (of anime, TV series etc.)
監査 (かんさ)
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
監禁 (かんきん)
confinement
監察 (かんさつ)
inspection; inspector
監督 (かんとく)
supervision; control; superintendence; direction; director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss
監視 (かんし)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; inspection
助監督 (じょかんとく)
assistant director (in taking professional movies)
総監 (そうかん)
inspector general; commissioner
監獄 (かんごく)
prison
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