tube

(bamboo) + (federal) Same-ON
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14 strokes
ILL PAIR

Onyomi

KAN

Genghis KHAN smokes mad weed out of a tube.

Mnemonic

Bamboo tubes were installed by the federal government to bring water to the countryside.

Kunyomi

くだ tube - rubber tube, plumbing pipe. Unlike the related kanji 筒, (cylinder) 管 can be bent or flexible.
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Jukugo

管理(かんり)

management ★★★★☆
(tube) + (reason) = 管理 (management)

administration or management- you often see this on warning signs: "Don't walk on the grass - sincerely, the management", or on Windows "コンプター管理” (computer management)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
cylinder /pipe HITLER
tube BEURACRAT

HITLER smokes a pipe of hash,

but BUEARUCRATS send messages through flexible pneumatic tubes - like in the movie Brazil.

Synonyms

manage, dispose of
経営する    営む    管理    処理    処置    処分   
pipe, tube
筒    管