檻 – pen, corral, cell

19 strokesN1 vocabulary

The kanji 檻 means pen, corral, cell, jail. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おり、おばしま、てすり (ori, obashima, tesuri). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 木 (no. 75).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	おり	ori
Kun’yomi	おばしま	obashima
Kun’yomi	てすり	tesuri

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: 木 (Kangxi radical 75). Components: 皿・臣・二・木・乞.

Words using 檻

檻おりcage

Example sentences

その動物は檻から出ようともがいた。

The animal struggled to get out of the cage.

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Kanji with the same radical

本東業来機権査案村果格検校構木条

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