# 缶 can, like 'canned beef'

午 (noon) + (pit)
★★★☆☆
6 strokes
PRE NEO
the ONーyomi seems to be a neologism - When Westerners introduced tin cans, Japanese needed a word for 'em, so they re-purposed an obsolete kanji to mean "can" because it happened to be pronounced the same way!

## Onyomi

KAN |

## Mnemonic

| Every noon, I pour a KAN of beer into a pit for my dead homies.

## Jukugo

缶(かん) XXX | canned XXX ★★★☆☆ PRE PREFIX。 it means 'canned.' 缶ビール is a can of beer.
缶きり(かんきり) | can opener ★☆☆☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
岳 | mount | HILL | 丘
缶 | can, like 'canned beef' | AXE | 斤

A mountain is a big HILL.

Use an AXE to open up a can of food.

## Used In

- 揺
- 陶