Kiokun Logo
貫
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
贯
🇨🇳

pierce

HSK 10 N1
Abstract →Time
guàn
カン
つらぬ.く、ぬ.く、ぬき
관
Depicts a string of shells (貝), which were used as currency in ancient China.
Components
Traditional (貫)
毌 pierce through+ 貝 shellfish =
貫 pierce
毌 Phonetic component
guàn pierce through
old form of 貫
Depicts a string through a shell (貝).
View phonetic series →
貝 Iconic component
shellfish
Simplified (贯)
毌 pierce through+ 贝 sea shell =
贯 a string of 1000 coins
毌 Phonetic component
guàn pierce through
old form of 貫
Depicts a string through a shell (貝).
View phonetic series →
贝 Iconic component
bèi sea shell
Notes
Similar Characters
贯 a string of 1000 coins (simp)寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true財 riches (trad/jp)貢 tribute (trad/jp)貧 impoverished (trad/jp)貨 commodities (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
貫
Regular
Modern
Chinese
贯 / 貫 [guàn]
to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash
Japanese
貫 かん 同音

noun

  1. kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
  2. kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period)
  3. hanafuda 10 points
  4. hanafuda 12 points

counter

  1. counter for pieces of sushi
貫 ぬき 同音
noun architecture crosspiece (between pillars, etc.); penetrating tie beam
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
貫 かん
Kan given name
貫 かんじ
Kanji unclassified name
貫 つこう
Tsukou surname
貫 つらぬき
Tsuranuki surname
貫 とおる
Tooru given name
貫 ぬき
Nuki place namesurname
貫 はかる
Hakaru unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (34)
贯彻 [guàn​chè] #25,396
to implement
一贯 [yī​guàn] #8,545
consistent
贯穿 [guàn​chuān] #14,280
to run through
全神贯注 [quán​shén​guàn​zhù] #13,954
to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)
连贯 [lián​guàn] #18,684
to link up (disparate elements)
满贯 [mǎn​guàn] #23,498
to win every trick in a card game
贯通 [guàn​tōng] #44,033
to link up
腰缠万贯 [yāo​chán​wàn​guàn] #31,657
lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money
籍贯 [jí​guàn] #47,394
one's native place
横贯 [héng​guàn] #43,852
horizontal traverse
24 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (70)
⭐ 貫く [つらぬく] #2,070
to go through
⭐ 貫通 [かんつう] #9,052
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.)
射抜く [いぬく] #11,872
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.)
⭐ 一貫 [いっかん] #14,469
consistency
貫禄 [かんろく] #16,814
presence
⭐ 貫き通す [つらぬきとおす] #21,374
to go through
打ち抜く [うちぬく] #23,903
to go through (e.g. a wall)
刺し貫く [さしつらぬく] #27,024
to pierce
⭐ 突貫 [とっかん] #29,655
charging (at the enemy) with a shout
踏み抜く [ふみぬく] #30,706
to step on (a nail)
60 more items
KOREAN WORDS (5)
관철
accomplishment; attainment; fulfillment; achievement
관통
penetration; puncture
본관
ancestral hometown
일관
consistency; coherence
일관성
consistency; coherence