Chinese symbol for “liver”
肝脏
gān zàng
Traditional: 肝臟
liver
The closest CC-CEDICT match for liver is 肝脏 (gān zàng), defined as: liver.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 肝脏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 心脏 (心臟) | xīn zàng | heart; 颗 (kē),个 (gè) |
| 肮脏 (骯髒) | āng zāng | dirty; filthy; despicable |
| 心脏病 (心臟病) | xīn zàng bìng | heart disease |
See also: Japanese symbol for “liver”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.