缶

かん · kan · JLPT N3 · noun

can

缶 — can

🥫 Kan sounds like can: the Japanese word came from Dutch kan / English can

The kanji 缶 started as a drawing of a clay jar with a lid. Japan later used it for the borrowed word kan, from Dutch kan or English can, so the reading and the meaning are the same word.

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