冠(かんむり)

かんむり
noun
crown
1. crown (royal headwear)
A ceremonial head ornament worn by royalty or nobility.
王様(おうさま)は金(きん)の冠(かんむり)をかぶっている。
The king wears a golden crown.
月桂冠(げっけいかん)を頭(あたま)に載(の)せた。
They placed a laurel wreath on their head.
勝者(しょうしゃ)に月桂樹(げっけいじゅ)の冠(かんむり)が授(さず)けられた。
The winner was awarded a laurel crown.
2. crown, top (of head)
The top part of the head.
冠(かんむり)のあたりが痛(いた)い。
The top of my head hurts.
帽子(ぼうし)を冠(かんむり)にちょこんと載(の)せている。
She has a hat perched on the top of her head.
冠(かんむり)が薄(うす)くなってきたと気(き)にしている。
He's worried about the hair on his crown thinning.
3. crown radical (in kanji)
The upper component of a kanji character.
この漢字(かんじ)の冠(かんむり)は「うかんむり」だ。
The crown radical of this kanji is 'ukanmuri'.
「宇(う)」のうかんむりを書(か)くときは点(てん)を忘(わす)れないで。
Don't forget the dot when writing the ukanmuri radical in 宇.
冠(かんむり)の部分(ぶぶん)が同(おな)じでも、下(した)が違(ちが)えば意味(いみ)が変(か)わる。
Even if the crown radical is the same, the meaning changes if the bottom part is different.

冠(かんむり) can refer to crowns, wreaths, or the top radical of kanji characters.

WRITING (kanji components):
In kanji terminology, 冠(かんむり) refers to the component on top of a character. Common ones include:

Common expressions

Related Words

Compare: 旁(つくり) (right-hand component of a kanji)
Related: くさかんむり (the "grass crown" radical (艹))
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Added 2026.1.13 10:47 · Revised 2026.10.10 15:21
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