管 – pipe, tube, wind instrument

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The kanji 管 means pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くだ (kuda). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	くだ	kuda

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: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 口・竹・宀・｜・乞.

Words using 管

管くだpipe管かんpipe管理かんりcontrol血管けっかんblood vessel保管ほかんcharge

Example sentences

管から水が吹き出した。

Water shot from the pipe.

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彼に財産管理を任せた。

I entrusted my property to him.

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切れた血管から血がどくどくと流れ出た。

Blood poured from the cut vein.

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Kanji with the same radical

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