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冠 means 'crown'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 1742   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 44 words   Used in 135 words   Used in 126 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   カン
Kun
   かんむり crown
Additional readings
Name    か   かっぷ   まさる
Notes
Lower part exists as a kanji 㝴, not used in Japanese
Components
⿵  冖 cover; covered  ⿺  元 origin; original  寸 inch  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 冠 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 冠 is used 117 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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カン : 84 words FIND ALL
お う か ん 0
1. crown; diadem
2. bottle cap
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カン (read as がん) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
1. imperial coronation crown
2. celestial crown; crown worn by Buddha and celestial beings
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かんむり : 31 words FIND ALL
か ん む り 0
noun
1. cap (esp. a traditional cap worn with sokutai or ikan clothing); crown; diadem; coronet  (see also: 衣冠, 束帯)
2. top kanji radical  (this meaning is restricted to reading かんむり)
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noun
young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
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Additional data
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冠
カン   かんむり crown   
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元
ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
儿
legs
寸
スン   inch
冖
cover; covered   
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