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    貫かん

    kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)

    KMT7News #13+1Core ConceptsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    かん

    Noun

    1.
    kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
    2.
    kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period)

    Counter

    3.
    counter for pieces of sushi

    Noun

    4.
    10 points
    hanafuda
    5.
    12 points
    hanafuda

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    寿す司しを二に貫かんください。

    Please give me two pieces of sushi.

    KMT5Food & DiningDaily Life
    この店みせでは、寿す司しは一いっ貫かんから注ちゅう文もんできます。

    At this restaurant, you can order sushi from one piece.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    昔むかしの貨か幣へい単たん位いでは、一いっ貫かんは千せん文もんに相そう当とうした。

    In old currency units, one kan was equivalent to a thousand mon.

    KMT7Core ConceptsHistoryBusiness & Finance
    花はな札ふだで役やくができた時とき、三さん貫かんの点てん数すうを得えた。

    When I made a hand in Hanafuda, I got three kan (points).

    KMT7GamesCore Concepts
    江え戸ど時じ代だい、米こめの重 さは貫かんで測はかられていた。

    In the Edo period, the weight of rice was measured in kan.

    KMT8HistoryCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    貫
    つらぬ.く・ぬ.く・ぬき…(3)
    pierce・8 1/3lbs・penetrate・brace
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