幹 — kanji meaning “tree trunk”
幹
tree trunk, main part, talent, capability
- Meanings
- tree trunk, main part, talent, capability
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- みき
- Name readings
- つよし、まさ、もと、えだ、き、くる
- 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
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新幹線 | しんかんせん shinkansen | Shinkansen; bullet train |
| 幹部 | かんぶ kanbu | management; (executive) staff; leaders |
| 幹事 | かんじ kanji | executive secretary; coordinator; organizer |
| 根幹 | こんかん konkan | foundation; root; basis |
| 基幹 | きかん kikan | mainstay; nucleus; key |
| 幹線 | かんせん kansen | main line; trunk line |
| 主幹 | しゅかん shukan | chief editor; managing editor |
| 脳幹 | のうかん noukan | brain stem |
| 語幹 | ごかん gokan | stem (non-inflecting part of a word); word stem |
| 樹幹 | じゅかん jukan | trunk; shaft |
| 躯幹 | くかん kukan | body; trunk; torso |
| 幹事会 | かんじかい kanjikai | board of governors |
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