The kanji 幹: meaning, readings and stroke order

幹

Meaning: trunk, main part
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: みき miki
Strokes: 13
Radical: 干 pestle
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thân cây, phần chính (cán)
Japanese: きのみき。だいじなところ。
Korean: 줄기, 중심 (간)
Chinese: 树干、主干 (干)

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading

新しん幹かん線せん
Shinkansen, bullet train
新しん幹かん線せんで東京に行きます。
I go to Tokyo by bullet train.

みき miki · kun reading

幹みき
tree trunk
太い木の 幹みきにさわります。
I touch the trunk of a thick tree.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.