| 1095 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1666 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1653 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 543 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1649 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1762 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 920 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1564 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2526 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1282 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1750 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1984 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28108 | Morohashi |
| 2033 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4624 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1965 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2116 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1086 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1543 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 缶 【カン】 can, tin, canned food
- 缶詰 【カンヅメ】 canned food, tinned food, confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work), being stuck in a confined space
- ドラム缶 【ドラムカン】 drum (e.g. oil, gasoline), metal barrel
- 開缶 【カイカン】 opening a can
Kun reading compounds
- 缶 【かま】 boiler
- 罐焚き 【かまたき】 stoker, fireman
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふ、 べ
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- lata de hojalata
- envase
- hervidor
Portuguese
- Lata
- pote
- recipiente
French
- boîte de conserve
- récipient
- radical jarre (no. 121)
| 2376 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 8077.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7f36 | Unicode hex code |