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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- gan
Spanish
- punto vital
- hígado
- ánimo
Portuguese
- fígado
- vísceras
- nervo
- chutzpah
French
- foie
- cran
- courage
- audace
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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
106 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 要 【ヨウ】 main point, essential point, important thing, necessity, need, requirement
- 要因 【ヨウイン】 main cause, primary factor
- 所要 【ショヨウ】 required, needed, necessary
- 法要 【ホウヨウ】 Buddhist memorial service
Kun reading compounds
- 要る 【いる】 to be needed, to be necessary, to be required, to be wanted, to need, to want
- 要 【かなめ】 pivot, vital point, cornerstone, keystone, Japanese photinia
- 要石 【かなめいし】 keystone
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし
- Korean:
- yo
Spanish
- necesidad
- punto central
- esencia
- necesitar
Portuguese
- necessidade
- ponto principal
- essência
- pivô
- chave para
French
- besoin
- point principal
- pivot
- essentiel
- point clef
729 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
623 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
593 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
117 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4274 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
262 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
887 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1218 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
419 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
425 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
424 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1639 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3263 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1683 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2290 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1618 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34768P | Morohashi |
2635 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5515 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1604 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1730 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
78 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
536 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3269 | 2001 Kanji |
3e6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
1040.4 | Four corner code |
1-45-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8981 | Unicode hex code |