Memory phrase for the character: 缶

缶

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can, container

KAN
kama

From top: opened lid

, can opener 十 and a can 凵 (At the introduction of the metal cans this kanji was selected because it fits phonetically)

Image of a can.

午	noon	Compare with "box" 缶 [かま, カン], which shows a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. Just as the pestle is vertical in the mortar, the sun is vertical at noon.
缶	container, can	The character “noon” 午 is seen as a mortar 午 that stands upright under the vertical sun in the container 凵 at noon. So this combination means: container 缶.
	lying person	(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
凵	frame

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薬缶	やかん	kettle
缶	かん	can, tin
缶詰	かんづめ	packing (in cans), canning, canned goods, tin can

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