肝 — kanji meaning “liver”
肝
liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
- Meanings
- liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- きも
- 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
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肝心 | かんじん kanjin | essential; important; crucial |
| 肝臓 | かんぞう kanzou | liver |
| 肝炎 | かんえん kan'en | hepatitis |
| 肝硬変 | かんこうへん kankouhen | cirrhosis (of the liver) |
| 肝要 | かんよう kan'you | extremely important; essential; vital |
| 度肝 | どぎも dogimo | guts; pluck; nerve |
| 肝っ玉 | きもったま kimottama | guts; pluck; nerve |
| 肝いり | きもいり kimoiri | good offices; auspices; sponsorship |
| 肝油 | かんゆ kan'yu | fish-liver oil (cod, shark, etc.) |
| 肝不全 | かんふぜん kanfuzen | liver failure |
| 肝胆 | かんたん kantan | the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being |
| 肝吸い | きもすい kimosui | eel-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.