缶詰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
缶	詰
かん Grade: S	つ(め) > づ(め) Grade: S
on'yomi	kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
罐詰 (kyūjitai) 缶詰め

Etymology

From 缶(かん) (kan, “can”) + 詰(つ)め (tsume, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 詰(つ)める (tsumeru, “to stuff”).). The tsume changes to zume as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

缶(かん)詰(づめ) • (kanzume) 

1. canned food, tinned food