Kanji1 / 13
幹 kanji
tree trunk, main part, talent, capability
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
カン
Kun readings
みき
Variant forms
榦Words with 幹
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2新幹線PopularShinkansen; bullet train
- N1幹線Popularmain line; trunk line
- N1幹部Popularmanagement; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
- —幹事Popularexecutive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
- —基幹Popularmainstay; nucleus; key
- —根幹Popularfoundation; root; basis; core; fundamentals; root and trunk
- —主幹Popularchief editor; managing editor; manager; person in charge
- —幹流main current
- —語幹stem (non-inflecting part of a word); word stem
- —才幹ability
- —樹幹trunk; shaft
- —躯幹body; trunk; torso; physique
- —骨幹skeleton; structure; build
- —脳幹brain stem
- —体幹trunk (of the body); soma
- —挺幹caudex (of a plant)
- —符幹stem (of a note)
- —幹音natural note (i.e. not sharp or flat); natural tone
- —肉幹penis; dick
- —幹事会board of governors