かん

See also: がん and ガン

Japanese

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of かん – see the following entries.
【間】2
[noun]interval
[suffix]suffixes some expressions of time to tell duration rather than time or date
【感】3
[noun]feeling; sense
【漢】3
[noun]man
[proper noun]the name of China during the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE)
[proper noun]name of various Chinese dynasties
  1. the 西漢 (Saikan, “Western Han”) or 前漢 (Zenkan, “Former Han”) (206 BCE – 9 CE)
  2. the 東漢 (Tōkan, “Eastern Han”) or 後漢 (Gokan, “Later Han”) (25–220 CE)
  3. the 蜀漢 (Shokkan, “Shu Han”) (221-263)
  4. the 前趙 (Zenchō, “Former Zhao”) (304–329)
  5. the 成漢 (Seikan, “Cheng Han”) (304–347)
  6. the 南漢 (Nankan, “Southern Han”) (917–971)
  7. the 後漢 (Kōkan, “Later Han”) (947–951)
  8. the 北漢 (Hokukan, “Northern Han”) (951–979)
[proper noun]the Han Chinese people
[proper noun]the Han River, a tributary of the Yangtze
[proper noun](by extension from the "river" sense) the Milky Way
[proper noun]alternative name for 漢中 (Kanchū, “Hanzhong”)
[proper noun]a surname
【館】3
[noun]a large building
[noun]a mansion, a villa, an estate
[noun]a movie theatre
[suffix]a hall, a building, a section of a building, a house
【管】4
[noun]pipe
[noun]a wind instrument
【観】4
[suffix]look, appearance
[suffix]sight
[suffix](Buddhism) observation meditation
【巻】6
[counter]volume of a book
[counter]reel of a film
[noun]a scroll or book
[noun]a volume or chapter in a larger book or series
[noun]winding: the continuative form of 巻く
【冠】S
[noun]headpiece, crown
【棺】S
[noun]coffin
【環】S
[noun]ring
[noun](algebra) ring
[prefix]circum-
【缶】S
[noun]a can, a tin
【貫】S
[counter]pieces of sushi
[noun]an obsolete unit of measure of weight corresponding to 3.75 kilograms
[noun]an obsolete unit of currency
【艦】S
[noun]warship
【奸】H
[adjective]wicked
[noun]evil, wickedness
[noun]wicked person
【澗】H
[number]undecillion, a number of 1036 in modern Japanese since 17th century.
【稈】H
[noun](botany) culm
(This term, かん, is the hiragana spelling of several Sino-Japanese terms.)
For a list of all kanji with on'yomi かん, not just those used in Sino-Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji with on reading かん.

Adjectival noun

かん (-na inflection, rōmaji kan)

  1. 奸, 姦, 姧: wicked
  2. 閑: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  3. 寛: lenient, gentle
  4. 簡: brief, simple
  5. 緩: slow, sluggish

Adjectival noun

かん (-tari inflection, rōmaji kan)

  1. 冠: crown; champion

Counter

かん (rōmaji -kan)

  1. 巻: volume
  2. 貫: counter for pieces of sushi
  3. 管: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  4. 竿: counter for poles
  5. 缶, 罐, 鑵: counter for canned goods

Noun

かん (rōmaji kan)

  1. 上: the start; a high place; the top; one with a high rank
  2. 長官: director in Ritsuryō
  3. 神: god; spirit
  4. 干: shield
  5. 欠: shortage
  6. 刊: publication
  7. 甲: treble range
  8. 奸, 姦, 姧: wickedness, wicked person
  9. 汗: khan
  10. 坎: pit, hole; one of the eight trigrams
  11. 完: end, over
  12. 肝: liver
  13. 官: government
  14. 冠: cap
  15. 巻: volume (of book)
  16. 疳: infantile neurosis where there is nocturnal crying as well as convulsions; temper, nerves
  17. 勘: perception, intuition
  18. 患: affliction
  19. 貫: a kind of unit of weight; a kind of unit of currency
  20. 寒: winter, cold season
  21. 棺: coffin, casket
  22. 款, 欵: funds
  23. 稈: culm
  24. 間: interval
  25. 閑: free time
  26. 寛: leniency, gentleness
  27. 感: feeling, sensation
  28. 骭: shin, shinbone
  29. 管: pipe
  30. 関: barrier, gate
  31. 歓: joy, delight, pleasure
  32. 澗: 1036
  33. 緘: seal
  34. 燗: warming up sake; warmed sake
  35. 諫: admonition
  36. 館: large building
  37. 環: ring; (algebra) ring
  38. 癇: temper, nerves; epilepsy
  39. 簡: brevity, simplicity
  40. 観: look, appearance
  41. 羹: broth of fish and vegetables
  42. 艦: warship
  43. 鐶, 釻: ring, link
  44. 鑑: a kind of ancient Chinese bronzeware
  45. 漢: Han
  46. 韓: Han
  47. 缶, 罐, 鑵: can
  48. 槓: (mahjong) quad

Prefix

かん (rōmaji kan-)

  1. 環: circum-

Suffix

かん (rōmaji -kan)

  1. 間: between, during, adds a sense of duration to words
  2. 観: view of
  3. 漢: man

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Noun

かん (romaji kan)

  1. 蟹: crab
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