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缶 kanji
tin can, container, jar radical (no. 121)
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
カン
Kun readings
かま
Variant forms
缻罐Words with 缶
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3缶Popularcan; tin; canned food
- N2缶詰Popularcanned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
- N2薬缶kettle; bald head
- —空き缶Popularempty can
- —ドラム缶Populardrum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
- —缶コーヒーPopularcanned coffee
- —製缶can manufacturing; boiler manufacturing
- —汽缶boiler
- —牛缶canned beef
- —食缶food container (esp. for transport)
- —開缶opening a can
- —缶底bottom of a can
- —猫缶canned cat food; tin of cat food
- —桃缶canned peaches
- —缶飯canned meal (e.g. military ration)
- —缶石scale on the inside of a boiler
- —茶缶tea caddy; tea canister; tea can
- —鮭缶canned salmon; tinned salmon
- —缶切りcan opener
- —汽缶室boiler room