かん
Meanings
Noun
1. system indicating court ranks by headgear colors (colours)
Kanji used
crown
rank
Pitch accent
んい
Composed of
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)