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肝 — kanji meaning “liver”

liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah

Meanings
liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
7
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1118 of 2,500
Classical radical
130
Chinese reading
gān — Chinese character page

Words with 肝

WordReadingMeaning
かんじん kanjinessential; important; crucial
かんぞう kanzouliver
かんえん kan'enhepatitis
かんこうへん kankouhencirrhosis (of the liver)
かんよう kan'youextremely important; essential; vital
どぎも dogimoguts; pluck; nerve
きもったま kimottamaguts; pluck; nerve
きもいり kimoirigood offices; auspices; sponsorship
かんゆ kan'yufish-liver oil (cod, shark, etc.)
かんふぜん kanfuzenliver failure
かんたん kantanthe liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
きもすい kimosuieel-liver soup

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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