冠 – crown, best, peerless

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The kanji 冠 means crown, best, peerless. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かんむり (kanmuri). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 冖 (no. 14).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	かんむり	kanmuri

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 冖 (Kangxi radical 14). Components: 寸・儿・冖・元.

Words using 冠

冠かんむりtraditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers

Kanji with the same radical

写冗

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