貫 (tsuranuku) Kanji Meaning: "Pierce" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: A shell on a string: pierce.

貫 means pierce

8 1/3lbs, penetrate, brace

A shell on a string: pierce.

On'yomi

  • カンkan

Kun'yomi

  • つらぬ(く)tsuranuku
  • ぬ(く)nuku
  • ぬきnuki

How it's built

  • 毋mother
  • 貝shell

Common words

  • 貫くつらぬくto go through; to pierce
  • 貫かんkan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)
  • 一貫いっかんconsistency; coherence

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