Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah
Kun:
きも
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 肝硬変 【カンコウヘン】 cirrhosis (of the liver)
  • 肝炎 【カンエン】 hepatitis
  • 肺肝 【ハイカン】 lungs and livers, depths of one's heart, innermost heart
  • 脂肪肝 【シボウカン】 fatty liver

Kun reading compounds

  • 肝 【きも】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
  • 肝いり 【きもいり】 good offices, auspices, sponsorship, help, assistance, village official (during the Edo period)
  • 群肝 【むらぎも】 internal organs, entrails
  • あん肝 【あんきも】 monkfish liver, goosefish liver

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan1
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • punto vital
  • hígado
  • ánimo

Portuguese

  • fígado
  • vísceras
  • nervo
  • chutzpah

French

  • foie
  • cran
  • courage
  • audace
1096 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1410 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3731 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1516 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1666 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
408 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1272 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1346 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1107 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1022 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1045 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
563 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1664 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29273 Morohashi
841 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4762 New Nelson (John Haig)
1649 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1778 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1134 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3955 2001 Kanji
4b3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
7124.0 Four corner code
1-20-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
809d Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
157 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 心 【シン】 heart, mind, spirit, vitality, inner strength, bottom of one's heart, core (of one's character), nature, centre, center, core, heart, heart (organ), Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), friend
  • 心から 【ココロカラ】 from the bottom of one's heart, heartily, sincerely
  • 重心 【ジュウシン】 centre of gravity (center), centroid, barycenter, (one's) balance
  • 会心 【カイシン】 congeniality, satisfaction, gratification

Kun reading compounds

  • 心 【こころ】 mind, heart, spirit, the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
  • 心意気 【こころいき】 spirit, determination, pluck, mettle
  • 我が心 【わがこころ】 my heart
  • 静心 【しずごころ】 calm mind, placid temperament

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
sim

Spanish

  • corazón
  • centro

Portuguese

  • coração
  • mente
  • espírito

French

  • coeur
  • esprit
  • radical coeur (no. 61)
95 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
164 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
147 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
139 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1645 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
80 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
172 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
49 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
97 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
97 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
172 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
766 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
11 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
602 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10295 Morohashi
11 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1780 New Nelson (John Haig)
595 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
639 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
64 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
96 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
358 2001 Kanji
4k0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
3300.0 Four corner code
1-31-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fc3 Unicode hex code