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Kanji Detail for 管 - "pipe, tube"

管

  • Meaning

    管 means "pipe, tube." Also associated with to govern.

    1. Pipe - A tube; a conduit.

    2. Control - To manage; to supervise.

    3. Flute - A wind instrument.

  • Words using 管

    • 管理 かんり Listen control; management (e.g. of a business)
    • 管理職 かんりしょく Listen management; managerial position; administrative post
    • 管内 かんない Listen within the jurisdiction (of); one's jurisdiction; in a pipe
    • 保管 ほかん Listen charge; custody; safekeeping
    • 血管 けっかん Listen blood vessel; vein
    • 食管法 しょっかんほう Listen law governing food quality
    • 管制 かんせい Listen control (by the state); controlling; coordination
    • 所管 しょかん Listen jurisdiction

  • Four-character idioms with 管

    • 手練手管 てれんてくだ Listen wiles; art of coaxing
    • 只管打坐 しかんたざ Listen shikantaza
    • 管鮑之交 かんぽうのまじわり Listen inseparable friendship
    • 詩歌管弦 しいかかんげん Listen Chinese and Japanese poetry and instrumental music; poetry and music; literature and music

  • Tattoo check: 管

    • Verified meaning: pipe, tube
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いくお, かん, くだ, すが)
    • Also carries these associations: to govern

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 管

    Surnames 管(いくお)Listen 管(かん)Listen 管(くだ)Listen 管(すが)Listen 管(すげ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pipe; tube; wind instrument; drunken talk; control; jurisdiction

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pipe, tube, duct; woodwind music

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 管[guan3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control

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

    A musical instrument. Made of bamboo. One chi long, one cun in circumference. With a bottom. Like a flute but smaller. Blown with two tubes together. | All cylindrical hollow objects are called 管. Such as the body's blood vessels. The blowpipe in chemistry apparatus. (Dongfang Shuo's writing) "Viewing the sky through a tube. Measuring the sea with a gourd." A metaphor for seeing little and shallowly. Now people presenting their own views say 管見 (tube view). Based on this. | The pen shaft is called 管. (Book of Odes) "Bestowing upon me a red brush." Referring to a female historian recording matters. Now praising women's virtue and learning is called 彤管. Based on this. Also colloquially, holding a brush is called 握管. | Managing affairs is called 管. Such as saying 掌管 (manage), 管轄 (administer). Colloquially, interfering in affairs is also called 管. Not interfering is called 不管. | 管鑰 (key). Commonly called 鑰. Such as saying "the key to the northern gate." | Restraining someone is called 管. Such as 管教 (discipline), 看管 (watch over).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kuda(くだ) くだ

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    pipe tube govern flute essential key control cylinder channel conduit manage administer duct supervise instrument

Sentences including 管

  • I'm an admin.

  • Call a plumber.

  • The water pipe burst.

  • Ask an administrator.

  • You're the person in charge, right?

  • Blood flows through blood vessels.

  • Tom is a self-employed plumber.

  • This case is outside my jurisdiction.

  • Blood runs in the veins.

  • Water shot from the pipe.

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