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棺かん

also: きゅう · ひつぎ

か

ん

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

General term for a coffin or casket; used in both everyday and formal contexts.

棺ひつぎは白しろい花はなで飾かざられていた。
The coffin was decorated with white flowers.
遺い体たいは棺ひつぎに納おさめられた。
The body was placed in the coffin.

Written forms

棺Usage76%
- かん
  Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news term.
- ひつぎ
柩Usage21%
- きゅう
  Rare variant kanji; reading きゅう is uncommon.
- ひつぎ
ひつぎUsage3%
Kana spelling sometimes used for clarity or in children's contexts.
きゅう

Kanji

棺coffin, casket
柩bier, coffin

Etymology

The kanji 棺 is a phono-semantic compound: 木 (tree, wood) + 官 (official, but here used phonetically). The reading かん is the on'yomi; ひつぎ is a native Japanese reading.