Kanji 貫 Words: Meanings and Readings

つらぬき通す

つらぬきとおす

to go through

突貫

とっかん

charging (at the enemy) with a shout

貫徹

かんてつ

penetration

貫通

かんつう

being well versed (in)

貫く

つらぬく

to run through (e.g. a river through a city)

貫

かん

10 points

一貫

いっかん

one kan (approx. 3.75 kg)

縦貫

じゅうかん

running through

終始一貫

しゅうしいっかん

consistently

うち抜く

うちぬく

to pierce

くり抜く

くりぬく

to gouge out

一貫して

いっかんして

consistently

一貫教育

いっかんきょういく

integrated education

一貫教育校

いっかんきょういくこう

integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route

一貫校

いっかんこう

combined school (e.g. junior high and high school)

一貫作業

いっかんさぎょう

continuous operation

一貫性

いっかんせい

consistency

一貫生産

いっかんせいさん

integrated production

一貫生産体制

いっかんせいさんたいせい

integrated production system

一貫道

いっかんどう

Yiguandao

一貫番号

いっかんばんごう

serial number

一気通貫

いっきつうかん

streamlined production system

横貫

おうかん

traversing horizontally

黄金千貫

こがねせんがん

sweet potato variety (often used in shōchū brewing)

改貫

かいかん

borrowing new scoring counters during an ongoing game

看貫

かんかん

weighing

貫

ぬき

crosspiece (between pillars, etc.)

貫主

かんしゅ

chief abbot (of a Buddhist temple)

貫手

ぬきて

spear hand

貫生葉

かんせいよう

perfoliate leaf

貫属

かんぞく

being under the control of a local authority

貫通銃創

かんつうじゅうそう

piercing bullet wound

貫頭衣

かんとうい

simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

貫入

かんにゅう

penetration

貫入岩

かんにゅうがん

intrusive rock

貫板

ぬきいた

batten

貫木

かんぎ

score counter (for multiples of kan)

貫木

かんぬき

(rope) cinching

貫目

かんめ

unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg

貫流

かんりゅう

flowing through

貫禄

かんろく

presence

貫禄十分

かんろくじゅうぶん

having great (impressive, commanding) presence

貫禄不足

かんろくぶそく

lacking enough gravity for (a position, task)

刺し貫く

さしつらぬく

to pierce

指ぬき

ゆびぬき

thimble

指貫

さしぬき

type of hakama worn in ancient times

射ぬく

いぬく

to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.)

尺貫法

しゃっかんほう

old Japanese system of weights and measures

首尾一貫

しゅびいっかん

consistent

首尾一貫した

しゅびいっかんした

consistent

首尾貫徹

しゅびかんてつ

(logical) consistency

初志貫徹

しょしかんてつ

carrying out one's original intention

吹き抜

ふきぬき

stairwell

台貫

だいかん

truck scale

中高一貫校

ちゅうこういっかんこう

combined junior high and high school

張り抜き

はりぬき

papier-mâché

通貫

つうかん

persisting

踏み抜く

ふみぬく

to put one's foot through (the floor)

同田貫

どうたぬき

Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province

突貫工事

とっかんこうじ

construction at top speed

突貫作業

とっかんさぎょう

rush work

壁を貫く

かべをつらぬく

to penetrate the wall

本貫

ほんかん

dwelling place (ritsuryō period)

満漢全席

まんかんぜんせき

Manchu-Han Imperial Feast

満貫

マンガン

win worth 8000 points (or, if dealer, 12000 points)

綿抜き

わたぬき

1st day of the 4th month of the lunisolar calendar

盲管銃創

もうかんじゅうそう

lodged-bullet wound

目貫

めぬき

sword hilt

目的を貫く

もくてきをつらぬく

to accomplish (attain) one's object

裸一貫

はだかいっかん

having nothing except one's body

流し満貫

ながしまんがん

win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round

腕貫

うでぬき

bracelet