棺斂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
棺 斂
かん
Grade: S 		れん
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Etymology

May be ultimately from Middle Chinese 棺斂 (MC kwan|kwanH ljemX|ljemH). First attested in Japanese in 1826.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠n̺ɾẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

棺(かん)斂(れん) • (kanren) 

  1. [from 1826] (rare) encoffinment: the act of placing a body into a coffin
    Synonyms: 入棺 (nyūkan), 納棺 (nōkan)

References

  1. ^ “棺斂”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
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