函

common

カン/KAN/    はこ/hako/    い.れる/i.reru/KAN/カン/    hako/はこ/    i.reru/い.れる/

box (archaic)

Radical: 凵 (open box).   Strokes: 8画.   Elements: 一水凵.   Variants: 凾.   Pinyin: hán.   Hangul: 함 [ham].

Jinmeiyō Kanji.

Example compounds:
カンKAN三角函数【さんかくかんすうsankakukansū】trigonometrical function
投函【とうかんtōkan】mailing; posting
函蓋【かんがいkangai】box and cover
はこhako函【はこhako】box; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; man who carries a geisha's shamisen; receptacle for human waste
いれるireru函れる【いれるireru】to put in; to admit; to accept; to include; to pay (one's rent, etc.); to cast (a vote); to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to turn on (a switch, etc.); to send (a fax)
Codepoints and classification codes:
51fd–Unicode
40-01–JIS X 0208
3-2-6–SKIP
2b6.3–TKD
1077.2–Four Corner
Dictionary indices:
49–Classic Nelson
446–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
3001–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1902–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
1503–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1232–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
1826–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 2 p. 185
1921–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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