冠
冠 — Crown
crown, best, peerless
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomiかんむり (kanmuri)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 冠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冠 | かんむり kanmuri | traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem |
| 栄冠 | えいかん eikan | laurels; garland |
| 冠婚葬祭 | かんこんそうさい kankonsousai | important ceremonial occasions in family relationships |
| 三冠馬 | さんかんば sankanba | winner of Japan's three main horse races |
| 三冠王 | さんかんおう sankanou | winner of triple crown |
| 冠水 | かんすい kansui | being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated |
Study notes
冠 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1503 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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