貫

貫 — pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 11
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1156 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: かん kan
Kun'yomi: つらぬ.く tsuranu.ku

ぬ.く nu.ku

ぬき nuki

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 貫

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