龕
- Meaning
- alcove for an image
- On reading
- カン | ガン
- Kun reading
- れい
- Nanori
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- Strokes
- 22
- Radical
- 212
- Grade
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- JLPT
- —
- Frequency
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Stroke order
Words using 龕
- 龕 がん — niche for a Buddhist image
- 龕灯 がんどう — Buddhist altar light
- 強盗返し がんどうがえし — rotating stage machinery, which rolls backwards 90 degrees to reveal the next scene
- 壁龕 へきがん — niche (in Western architecture)
- 起龕 きがん — ceremonial removal of the coffin from the house (lay person) or temple (priest) (Zen Buddhism)
- 龕像 がんぞう — Buddha figure carved into a rock
- 龕屋 がんや — place to store a body in a coffin before burial (Okinawa)
- 強盗提灯 がんどうちょうちん — flashlight-like lantern with a freely rotating candle that only directs light forward