EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Noun

    kettle

    Usually written using kana alone

    薬缶がシュンシュンいうまで待ちなさい。
    Wait till the kettle begins to sing.
  2. bald head

    Usually written using kana aloneColloquialAbbreviationsee やかん頭

Also written 薬罐【やかん】、薬鑵【やかん】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

Kun
くすり
On
ヤク
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
702 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-13SKIP code
3k13.15The Kanji Dictionary
4490.4Four corner code
1964deroo
85acUnicode hex code
1-44-84JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4074Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5224New Nelson (John Haig)
2375New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3011Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1736Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2568Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
323Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
32188PXMorohashi
398A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
359Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521sakade
247Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
420henshall3
439Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
315Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.6busy_people
672Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1752Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4Pinyin reading
yagKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tin can, container, jar radical (no. 121)

Kun
かま
On
カン
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1543 of 2500
Radical
jar
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Used in names as

ふ、べ

Dictionary and index codes (28)
CodeReference
2-2-4, 4-6-2SKIP code
2k4.6The Kanji Dictionary
8077.2Four corner code
2376deroo
7f36Unicode hex code
1-20-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4624New Nelson (John Haig)
2033New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2526Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1282Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1750Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1965Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2116Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1666A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
543Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
28108Morohashi
1095A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1649Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1762Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1653Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1086Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
920Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1564Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1984Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fou3Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level