肝 — Chinese character
肝
gān
liver
- Pinyin
- gān
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 干
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flesh; meaning component ⺼; sound component 干
- Japanese
- 肝 as a kanji
Common words with 肝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肝脏 (肝臟) | gān zàng | liver |
| 肝炎 | gān yán | hepatitis |
| 肝癌 | gān ái | liver cancer |
| 心肝 | xīn gān | darling; (in negative sentences) heart |
| 乙肝 | yǐ gān | hepatitis B |
| 肝硬化 | gān yìng huà | cirrhosis |
| 肝病 | gān bìng | liver disease |
| 脂肪肝 | zhī fáng gān | fatty liver |
| 牛肝菌 | niú gān jùn | porcino (Boletus edulis) |
| 乙型肝炎 | yǐ xíng gān yán | hepatitis B |
| 鱼肝油 (魚肝油) | yú gān yóu | cod liver oil |
| 肝火 | gān huǒ | irascibility; irritability |
English words written with 肝
肝 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 7 · Great Learning 1
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Great Supreme
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
- Zhuangzi On Swords
- The Great Learning Passage 3
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