The kanji 棺 means "coffin" or "casket." It refers to the box or container in which a deceased person is placed for burial or cremation. It is a symbol of death, mourning, and the final resting place.

・On-yomi (音読み): カン (kan) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ひつぎ (hitsugi)

⚫︎ 棺桶 (kan'oke) Translation: Coffin; casket ⚫︎ 棺を安置する (hitsugi o anchi suru) Translation: To place a coffin; to enshrine a coffin ⚫︎ 火葬の棺 (kasou no hitsugi) Translation: Coffin for cremation

The kanji 棺 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side is a radical called 木 (ki, tree/wood), which indicates the semantic component (meaning). The right side is 官 (kan) which provides the phonetic component (sound), similar to the reading カン (kan). Thus, the kanji's meaning is related to wood, from which coffins are traditionally made, and it borrows the sound of the character 官 (kan). The shape reflects how a coffin is made from wood.