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    3. 冠

    冠

    冠かんむり

    crown

    N1KMT9Freq #1503Core ConceptsKanji9 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かんむり

    On'yomi

    カン

    Nanori

    かかっぷまさる

    crownbestpeerless

    冖

    冖
    二
    丿
    儿
    寸

    Stroke 0 / 9

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    冤冦蒄冥冤冦冢写

    Concepts using this kanji

    冠

    traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers

    栄冠

    laurels

    三冠馬

    winner of Japan's three main horse races

    冠婚葬祭

    important ceremonial occasions in family relationships

    三冠王

    winner of triple crown

    冠水

    being covered with water (i.e. in a flood)

    王冠

    crown

    無冠

    uncrowned

    冠動脈

    coronary artery

    冠大会

    sports competition sponsored by a business enterprise

    冠不全

    coronary insufficiency

    小冠者

    young man (who has recently undergone his manhood ceremony)

    三重冠

    (papal) triple tiara

    大冠

    kanji "big" radical at top

    山冠

    kanji "mountain" radical at top

    主教冠

    miter

    加冠

    crowning a boy with a traditional cap for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony

    冠者

    young person

    平冠

    kanji "wa" radical at top (radical 14)

    冠位十二階

    first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)

    冠名

    particular word that an owner includes in the names of their racehorses

    冠木

    lintel

    宝冠

    diadem

    金冠

    gold crown (tooth)

    冠木門

    gate with a crossbar

    位冠

    ancient headgear showing rank

    冠位

    system indicating court ranks by headgear colors (colours)

    初冠

    crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony

    冠番組

    namesake program

    失冠

    losing one's title (in a sport, shogi, etc.)

    太郎冠者

    Tarōkaja (common name for a manservant)

    合弁花冠

    gamopetalous corolla

    天冠

    imperial coronation crown

    車冠オウム

    Major Mitchell's cockatoo (Cacatua leadbeateri)

    三重宝冠

    (papal) triple tiara

    球冠

    spherical cap

    道路冠水

    road flooding

    冠輪動物

    lophotrochozoan

    李下に冠を正さず

    leave no room for scandal

    触手冠動物

    lophophorate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)

    触手冠

    lophophore

    冠を付ける

    to put on a crown

    花冠

    corolla

    竹冠

    kanji "bamboo" radical at top (radical 118)

    戸冠

    kanji "door" radical

    冠省

    Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that ...

    林冠

    canopy (of a forest)

    不定冠詞

    indefinite article

    冠水母類

    crown jellyfish (Coronatae spp.)

    部分冠詞

    partitive article (e.g. "du" in French)

    極冠

    polar cap

    冠輪動物上門

    Lophotrochozoa (superphylum of protostome animals)

    冠状動脈

    coronary artery

    冠動脈バイパス手術

    coronary artery bypass surgery

    根冠

    root cap

    老冠

    kanji "old" radical at top

    月桂冠

    Gekkeikan (sake manufacturer)

    冠を曲げる

    to become displeased

    冠羽

    bird's crest

    羽冠

    bird's crest

    冠辞

    stereotyped epithet

    初冠雪

    first snow to settle on a mountain

    無冠の帝王

    person who has not won any major awards or titles despite being the best in a particular field

    冠板

    crown plate (armor, building, shipbuilding, etc.)

    定冠詞

    definite article

    猿面冠者

    young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

    草冠

    kanji "grass radical" (radical 140)

    肉冠

    comb

    冠絶

    unique

    雨冠

    kanji "rain" radical at top

    無冠詞

    zero article

    冠称

    brand name

    桂冠詩人

    poet laureate

    礼冠

    crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)

    冠毛

    thistledown

    冠状静脈

    coronary vein

    急性冠症候群

    acute coronary syndrome

    衣冠束帯

    full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion

    宝冠藤花章

    Order of the Precious Crown, Wistaria

    宝冠波光章

    Order of the Precious Crown, Ripple

    宝冠章

    Orders of the Precious Crown

    衣冠

    kimono and ancient head-dress

    樹冠

    tree canopy

    冠海雀

    Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume)

    お冠

    bad temper

    ウ冠

    "roof" kanji radical at top (radical 40)

    冠する

    to crown

    ワ冠

    kanji radical "wa" or "covering" at top (radical 14)

    冠たる

    best

    冠す

    to crown

    穴冠

    kanji "hole" radical at top

    帝冠

    imperial crown

    唇形花冠

    labiate corolla

    麻冠

    kanji "dotted cliff" radical (radical 53)

    宝冠大綬章

    Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown

    茨の冠

    a crown of thorns

    亀頭冠

    corona glandis (penis)

    冠雪

    covering of snow (esp. on a mountain)

    雪冠杉

    sekkan-sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)

    氷冠

    ice cap

    歯冠

    crown of a tooth

    冠飾句

    participial attribute (e.g. in German)

    冠履転倒

    disorder

    鶏冠石

    realgar

    冠状動脈疾患

    coronary-artery disease

    冠頂

    crown

    紅冠鳥

    cardinal (bird) (Cardinalis cardinalis)

    冠動脈疾患

    coronary artery disease

    鶏冠海苔

    Meristotheca papulosa (species of edible red alga)

    戴冠式

    coronation ceremony

    虎冠

    kanji "tiger" radical

    桂冠

    crown of laurel

    冠詞

    article

    髪冠

    kanji "hair" radical at top

    宝冠杏葉章

    Order of the Precious Crown, Apricot

    宝冠白蝶章

    Order of the Precious Crown, Butterfly

    弱冠

    twenty years of age

    卦算冠

    kanji "kettle lid" radical (radical 8)

    斑冠郭公

    great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

    冠鶴

    crowned crane

    冠鳩

    crowned pigeon

    爪冠

    kanji "claw" radical at top

    冠状動脈血栓症

    coronary thrombosis

    宝冠牡丹章

    Order of the Precious Crown, Peony

    偏旁冠脚

    radicals of a kanji (left, right, crown and lower)

    冠状

    coronary

    冖冠

    kanji "wa" radical at top (radical 14)

    鶏冠

    cockscomb

    冠鷲

    crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela)

    尸冠

    kanji "corpse" radical

    猩々紅冠鳥

    northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

    頭黒鶏冠鳧

    masked lapwing (Vanellus miles)

    冠狐猿

    crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus)

    荊冠

    crown of thorns

    挂冠

    resigning from a government post

    冕冠

    benkan

    戴冠

    coronation

    ポッペアの戴冠

    L'incoronazione di Poppea (opera by Monteverdi)

    冠鳰

    Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

    冠纓

    string of a crown (to prevent it from falling off)

    沐猴にして冠す

    to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 二
    • 儿
    • 冖
    • 寸

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    • 栄冠
    • 位冠
    • 衣冠
    • 王冠
    • 加冠
    • 花冠
    • 冠を曲げる
    • 冠位
    • 冠婚葬祭
    • 冠詞
    • 冠辞
    • 冠省
    • 冠状
    • 冠水
    • 冠動脈
    • 冠毛
    • 冠木
    • 冠木門
    • 極冠
    • 金冠
    • 桂冠
    • 桂冠詩人
    • 月桂冠
    • 荊冠
    • 紅冠鳥
    • 三重冠
    • 三重宝冠
    • 歯冠
    • 弱冠
    • 主教冠
    • 草冠
    • 戴冠式
    • 定冠詞
    • 帝冠
    • 不定冠詞
    • 李下に冠を正さず
    • 冕冠
    • 冠
    • 冠者
    • 鶏冠
    • 冠絶
    • 冠大会
    • 冠状動脈
    • 冠状動脈血栓症
    • 冠状静脈
    • 冠雪
    • 無冠
    • お冠
    • 宝冠
    • 宝冠章
    • 根冠
    • 三冠王
    • 三冠馬
    • 冠を付ける
    • 偏旁冠脚
    • 茨の冠
    • 冠鶴
    • 冠鳩
    • 冠不全
    • 冠状動脈疾患
    • 衣冠束帯
    • ウ冠
    • 樹冠
    • 冠名
    • 挂冠
    • 冠する
    • 沐猴にして冠す
    • 冠纓
    • 卦算冠
    • ワ冠
    • 平冠
    • 冖冠
    • 尸冠
    • 山冠
    • 戸冠
    • 爪冠
    • 穴冠
    • 竹冠
    • 冠羽
    • 羽冠
    • 老冠
    • 虎冠
    • 雨冠
    • 髪冠
    • 麻冠
    • 宝冠波光章
    • 急性冠症候群
    • 冠鷲
    • 宝冠大綬章
    • 宝冠牡丹章
    • 宝冠白蝶章
    • 宝冠藤花章
    • 宝冠杏葉章
    • 部分冠詞
    • 冠たる
    • 冠す
    • 冠位十二階
    • 車冠オウム
    • 触手冠
    • 触手冠動物
    • 林冠
    • 冠称
    • 冠鳰
    • 天冠
    • 初冠雪
    • 初冠
    • 猩々紅冠鳥
    • 小冠者
    • 鶏冠海苔
    • 鶏冠石
    • 戴冠
    • 礼冠
    • 冠狐猿
    • 冠輪動物
    • 冠輪動物上門
    • 冠動脈バイパス手術
    • 頭黒鶏冠鳧
    • 冠海雀
    • 冠頂
    • 氷冠
    • 猿面冠者
    • 斑冠郭公
    • 大冠
    • 冠番組
    • 冠板
    • 無冠詞
    • 合弁花冠
    • 無冠の帝王
    • 冠飾句
    • 唇形花冠
    • 冠水母類
    • 冠動脈疾患
    • 雪冠杉
    • 道路冠水
    • 球冠
    • 肉冠
    • 冠履転倒
    • 亀頭冠
    • 太郎冠者
    • 失冠
    • ポッペアの戴冠

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