Kanji

漢

Sino-, China

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カン

Nanori (Name Reading)

あや, かみ, から, くに, なら

Common Readings

カン

Example sentences

漢字 かんじ
日本の新聞は、漢字と仮名で書かれています。

Japanese newspapers are written with Kanji and Kana.

さえ さえ
彼は簡単な漢字さえ読めない。

He cannot even read simple kanji.

巨漢 きょかん
その巨漢は軽々と岩を持ち上げた

The giant man lifted the rock effortlessly.

ごう
柔よく剛を制すという言葉通り、小柄な選手が巨漢を投げ飛ばした。

As the saying goes, 'softness overcomes hardness,' the small athlete threw the giant man.

暴漢 ぼうかん
彼は夜道で暴漢に襲われたが、幸い無事だった。

He was attacked by a thug on a dark street, but fortunately he was safe.

闖入 ちんにゅう
暴漢が会場に闖入した

A thug broke into the venue.

Example Vocabulary

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