can, like 'canned beef'

(noon) + (pit)
★★★☆☆
6 strokes
PRENEO
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

(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
mount HILL
can, like 'canned beef' AXE

A mountain is a big HILL.

Use an AXE to open up a can of food.

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