慣

音読おんよみ: カン / かん / kan

訓読くんよみ: なれる・ならす

画数かくすう: 14 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 心(りっしんべん)

Meaning

Accustomed to something; to get used to; to become habituated or familiar. Often used in words about training, experience, and adaptation.


  • 慣行かんこう — customary practice
  • 慣習かんしゅう — custom / tradition
  • 習慣しゅうかん — habit
  • 慣性かんせい — inertia
  • 慣用かんよう — conventional / customary use
  • れる — to get used to
  • らす — to accustom / to tame

慣 is a phono-semantic compound. The 心 (heart/mind) radical reflects feelings and mental states, while the phonetic component 貫 (pass through) contributes both meaning and sound. Together, they represent becoming mentally familiar or emotionally adjusted to something.

あたらしい 生活せいかつれるまで時間じかんがかかる。
It takes time to get used to a new lifestyle.

いぬひとらすのは 大事だいじです。
It’s important to get the dog used to people.

カン (kan) is the on-yomi, seen in compound words like 慣行 and 慣習. The kun-yomi なれる (to get used to) and ならす (to accustom) are used in daily language and are closely linked with experience and adaptation.

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