Kanji Detail for 冠 - "crown, top, champion"

冠

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
冠 means "crown, top, champion."
1. Crown - Something worn on the head.
2. To wear - To put on a crown.
3. Adulthood - Coming of age; from the ancient ceremony of wearing a crown at age twenty.
4. Supreme - The best; the highest.
5. Radical - A kanji component; the top part of characters.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

crown; best; peerless

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

cap, crown, headgear

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Guan

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

cap, crown, headgear

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

What is placed on the head. Now called 帽 (hat). | Placing a cap on the head is called 冠. In ancient times, men at twenty first performed the capping ceremony. Hence twenty is called 弱冠 (youthful capping). Children who haven't come of age are also called 未冠. | Being the leader is called 冠. Such as 獨出冠時, meaning being the best of the time.
Onyomi

kan(かん)
Kunyomi

kammuri(かんむり)

kamu.ru(かむる)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

冖 (wakammuri・hirakammuri・bekikammuri)
Related Keywords
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