The kanji 肝: meaning, readings and stroke order

肝

Meaning: liver, key point
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: きも kimo
Strokes: 7
Radical: 肉 meat
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: gan, điều cốt yếu (can)
Japanese: かんぞう。たいせつなところ。
Korean: 간, 중요한 점 (간)
Chinese: 肝、要点

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading · less common

肝かん臓ぞう
liver
肝かん臓ぞうのはたらきを学びます。
We learn what the liver does.

きも kimo · kun reading · less common

肝きも
key point, liver
そこが話の 肝きもです。
That is the key point of the story.

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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.