# 玩 — toy; play with

玩 means “toy; play with”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. On'yomi: ガン (gan). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: toy; play with
- On'yomi: ガン (gan)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 8
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Arts & pastimes 4

## How to remember 玩

Sounds like 元: both read ガン.

Parts: 王 king · 元 origin

## Don't confuse it with

[完](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/complete/) · [院](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/institution/)

## More in the “Arts & pastimes 4” set

[詠](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/compose-poetry/) · [唄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/folk-song/) · [韻](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/rhyme/) · [玩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/toy/) · [伎](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/kabuki/) · [楷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/regular-script/) · [賦](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/levy/) · [諧](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/humour/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/toy/. Last updated 2026-11-01.