Kanji1 / 7
肝 kanji
liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
カン
Kun readings
きも
Words with 肝
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1肝心Popularessential; important; crucial; vital; main
- —肝炎Popularhepatitis
- —肝臓Popularliver
- —肝要Popularextremely important; essential; vital; crucial
- —肝硬変Popularcirrhosis (of the liver)
- —肝油fish-liver oil (cod, shark, etc.)
- —肺肝the lungs and liver; depths of one's heart; innermost heart
- —肝胆the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
- —心肝heart
- —肝葉lobe of the liver
- —肝癌liver cancer (esp. hepatoma)
- —肝管hepatic duct
- —肝斑melasma; chloasma; liver spot
- —肝門porta hepatis; hilum of the liver
- —肝木Sargent viburnum (Viburnum opulus var. sargentii)
- —肝心要crucial; key; most important; main (point)
- —肝吸虫Chinese liver fluke (Clonorchis sinensis); Oriental liver fluke
- —肝機能liver function
- —肝不全liver failure
- —肝疾患liver disease