Nihoner
漢字 Kanji list Games
Log in Play Kanji Duel
譼

To Supervise

On’yomiかん
MeaningsTo Supervise, To Confine A Government Establishment
21 strokes Radical 言 speech
書き順 · Stroke order

How to write 譼

Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.

譼
21 strokes

No stroke-order animation exists for this character — KanjiVG covers 6,702 kanji, and the rarer forms are not among them.

部首 · Radical

The radical of 譼

言 Radical 149 of 214
Speech

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 譼 is filed under 言 (speech) — radical number 149 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

Other kanji built on 言

練習 · Practice

Drill 譼 right now

Three quick games built from this character's real data. Your streak is kept in this browser.

0Streak
0Best
0Correct
譼Tap to reveal
To Supervise かん
譼
What does it mean?
—
Which kanji is it?

Think you know which kanji is more common?

Kanji Duel pits 譼 and 3,000 others head to head. One life. How long can you last?

Enter the Duel →
質問 · Questions

About the kanji 譼

What does the kanji 譼 mean?

譼 means To Supervise, To Confine A Government Establishment.

How do you read the kanji 譼?

譼 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) かん.

How many strokes does 譼 have?

譼 is written with 21 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What is the radical of 譼?

The radical of 譼 is 言 (speech), radical number 149 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.

読

None of this is being saved

Signed in, we would remember every character you have looked at — and write you reading you can actually get through, built from exactly those.

Start remembering — free
Free account · 3 passages a day · no card