貫 — pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate

つらぬく貫 pierce

つらぬく

U+8CAB Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1156 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #106 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

pierce
8 1/3lbs
penetrate
brace

Readings

On'yomi: かん kan
Kun'yomi: つらぬ tsuranu ぬ nu ぬき nuki

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つらぬ tsuranu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

貫(つらぬ) く tsuranuku to pierce

かん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

一(いっ) 貫(かん) ikkan consistency

Words by frequency and grade

2 words

Each dot is a word containing 貫: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.