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幹 — kanji meaning “tree trunk”

tree trunk, main part, talent, capability

Meanings
tree trunk, main part, talent, capability
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
13
School grade
5
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#364 of 2,500
Classical radical
51
Chinese reading
gàn, hán — Chinese character page

Words with 幹

WordReadingMeaning
しんかんせん shinkansenShinkansen; bullet train
かんぶ kanbumanagement; (executive) staff; leaders
かんじ kanjiexecutive secretary; coordinator; organizer
こんかん konkanfoundation; root; basis
きかん kikanmainstay; nucleus; key
かんせん kansenmain line; trunk line
しゅかん shukanchief editor; managing editor
のうかん noukanbrain stem
ごかん gokanstem (non-inflecting part of a word); word stem
じゅかん jukantrunk; shaft
くかん kukanbody; trunk; torso
かんじかい kanjikaiboard of governors

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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