嵌

go into; plunge; inlay

12 strokes.

Readings

• カン (on reading): 象嵌 (ぞうがん) inlay; 嵌入 (かんにゅう) setting in
• はめる (kun reading): 嵌合 (はめあい) fitting together (e.g. nuts and bolts); 嵌め木細工 (はめきざいく) inlaid woodwork
• はまる (kun reading)
• あな (kun reading)

Components

• 山
• 甘
• 欠
• 山 radical mountain
• 欠 radical lack; yawn
• 甘 radical sweet

Words using 嵌

• 象嵌 (ぞうがん) inlay
• 嵌入 (かんにゅう) setting in
• 嵌張待ち (カンチャンまち) wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand
• 嵌頓 (かんとん) incarceration (e.g. of a hernia)
• 嵌合 (はめあい) fitting together (e.g. nuts and bolts)
• 嵌め木細工 (はめきざいく) inlaid woodwork
• 箍を嵌める (たがをはめる) to hoop

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