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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 乾三, 乾蔵, 侃三, 寒三, 勘三, 勘蔵, 勘造, 喚三, 堪三, 堪蔵, 堪造, 完三, 完蔵, 完造, 官蔵, 寛三, 寛蔵, 寛造, 干三, 幹造, 柑三, 柑造, 歓三, 歓造, 甘三, 甘造, 看三, 看造, 緩蔵, 緩造, 莞三, 観三, 観蔵, 諌三, 諌造, 貫三, 貫造, 関造, 韓三, 翫蔵, 神三, 神造, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. KAHN-ZO:  [key]
Other Forms FormsKanzo, Kanzō

Meaning & History

From Japanese 乾 (kan) meaning "drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor", 侃 (kan) meaning "strong, just, righteous, peace-loving", 寒 (kan) meaning "cold", 勘 (kan) meaning "intuition, perception, check, compare, sixth sense", 喚 (kan) meaning "yell, cry, call, scream, summon", 堪 (kan) meaning "withstand, endure, support, resist", 完 (kan) meaning "perfect, completion, end", 官 (kan) meaning "bureaucrat, the government, organ", 寛 (kan) meaning "tolerant, leniency, generosity, relax, feel at home, be at ease, broadminded", 干 (kan) meaning "dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede", 幹 (kan) meaning "tree trunk", 柑 (kan) meaning "citrus, orange", 歓 (kan) meaning "delight, joy", 甘 (kan) meaning "sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary", 看 (kan) meaning "watch over, see", 緩 (kan) meaning "slacken, loosen, relax, lessen, be moderate, ease", 莞 (kan) meaning "smiling, reed used to cover tatami", 観 (kan) meaning "outlook, look, appearance, condition, view", 諌 (kan) meaning "admonish, dissuade", 貫 (kan) meaning "pierce, penetrate, brace", 関 (kan) meaning "connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning", 韓 (kan) meaning "Korea", 翫 (kan) meaning "take pleasure in, play instrument" or 神 (kan) meaning "gods, mind, soul" combined with 三 (zou) meaning "three", 蔵 (zou) meaning "storehouse, hide, own, have, possess" or 造 (zou) meaning "create, make, structure, physique". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous bearers were Kanzō Uchimura, a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, and the founder of the Nonchurch Movement (Mukyōkai) of Christianity in the Meiji and Taishō period Japan and Kanzō Uchiyama, a Japanese Christian, and proprietor of the Uchiyama Bookstore, whose frequent visitors were both Chinese and Japanese intellectuals before World War II.
Added 6/24/2017 by cutenose
Edited 6/26/2017 by cutenose