管
管 — Pipe
pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomiくだ (kuda)
Stroke order (14 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 管
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | かんり kanri | control; management (e.g. of a business) |
| 管 | かん kan | pipe; tube; wind instrument |
| 管理職 | かんりしょく kanrishoku | management; managerial position; administrative post |
| 管内 | かんない kannai | within the jurisdiction (of); one's jurisdiction; in a pipe |
| 血管 | けっかん kekkan | blood vessel; vein |
| 食管法 | しょっかんほう shokkanhou | law governing food quality |
Study notes
管 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #517 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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