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棺: coffin

coffin
12 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 8 words here

Readings

On
カン
Kun
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On かん in 棺桶, 出棺, 石棺 (せっかん). The kun reading ひつぎ is literary.

Key words

棺桶かんおけcoffin
出棺しゅっかんcarrying out the coffin
納棺のうかんplacing the body in the coffin
石棺せっかんstone coffin
棺ひつぎcoffin

Example sentences

At the end of the funeral, the coffin was carried out, seen off by the relatives.

A stone coffin more than a thousand years old was found in an ancient tomb.

The king's coffin, surrounded by white flowers, was carried away quietly.

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