Jiten
Media
Tools
Guides
Community
Log in
Create an account
Sign up
肝
Kanji meaning "liver, pluck, nerve"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #1157
JLPT N1
Secondary
Kanken Level 3
WaniKani Level 42
RTK
KLC Volume 9
TMW Debut Idol
7 strokes
Meanings
liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
On'yomi
カン
Kun'yomi
きも
Stroke order
(7 strokes)
Composed of
月
month
radical
干
dry
phonetic
Components and stroke order from
KanjiVG
(
CC BY-SA 3.0
)
Reading usage
かん
71 (58%)
きも
40 (33%)
ぎも
12 (10%)
肝
(
かん
)
心
(
じん
)
essential
#2414
肝
(
かん
)
臓
(
ぞう
)
liver
#19681
肝
(
かん
)
要
(
よう
)
extremely important
#25542
肝
(
かん
)
心
(
じん
)
要
(
かなめ
)
crucial
#53883
肝
(
かん
)
腎
(
じん
)
essential
#81978
肝
(
かん
)
硬
(
こう
)
変
(
へん
)
cirrhosis (of the liver)
#82752
肝
(
かん
)
機
(
き
)
能
(
のう
)
liver function
#92933
肝
(
かん
)
炎
(
えん
)
hepatitis
#101709
肝
(
かん
)
臓
(
ぞう
)
がん
liver cancer
#112193
肝
(
かん
)
移
(
い
)
植
(
しょく
)
liver transplant
#112556
View all 71
Most common words using this kanji
肝
(
かん
)
心
(
じん
)
essential
#2414
肝
(
きも
)
liver
#10567
肝
(
きも
)
に
銘
(
めい
)
じる
to be deeply impressed
#12261
肝
(
かん
)
臓
(
ぞう
)
liver
#19681
度
(
ど
)
肝
(
ぎも
)
を
抜
(
ぬ
)
く
to astonish
#22125
肝
(
きも
)
試
(
だめ
)
し
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
#22878
肝
(
きも
)
が
据
(
す
)
わる
to have guts
#25104
肝
(
かん
)
要
(
よう
)
extremely important
#25542
肝
(
きも
)
を
冷
(
ひ
)
やす
to be struck with terror
#27681
肝
(
きも
)
っ
玉
(
たま
)
guts
#35991
肝
(
きも
)
の
据
(
す
)
わった
cool-headed
#51915
肝
(
かん
)
心
(
じん
)
要
(
かなめ
)
crucial
#53883
度
(
ど
)
肝
(
ぎも
)
guts
#64433
肝
(
きも
)
煎
(
い
)
り
good offices
#67349
肝
(
きも
)
いり
good offices
#68621
肝
(
きも
)
を
潰
(
つぶ
)
す
to be flabbergasted
#71048
肝
(
きも
)
に
命
(
めい
)
じる
to be deeply impressed
#72436
砂
(
すな
)
肝
(
ぎも
)
gizzard
#75945
肝
(
きも
)
が
太
(
ふと
)
い
bold
#79794
肝
(
かん
)
腎
(
じん
)
essential
#81978
View all