Memory phrase for the Kanji: 管

管

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Meaning tube, pipe, control

Pronunciation

KAN
kuda

Explanation

Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: government 官 (Under a roof 宀 with straightly connected rooms 呂 is the government.) - here: a cover 宀 and two tubes 呂 [in cross-section])

Mnemonic
 
Made of bamboo is the cover over the two: pipes.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
官 government
宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
buttocksPlease note the similarity with: connected rooms 呂
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 Vocabulary

管 かん  pipe, tube
管 くだ  pipe, hose, tube
導水管 どうすいかん  water pipe​
血管 けっかん  blood vessel
管楽器 かんがっき  wind instrument
管轄 かんかつ  competence, control
保管 ほかん  charge, custody, safekeeping, deposit, storage
管理 かんり  control, management (e.g. of a business)
脈管系 みゃくかんけい  vascular system

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