Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
Variants:
gall bladder, courage, pluck, nerve
Kun:
きも
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1449 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 肝 【キモ】 liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key
  • 胆石 【タンセキ】 gallstone
  • 魂胆 【コンタン】 ulterior motive, plot, scheme, complicated circumstances, intricacies
  • 豪胆 【ゴウタン】 bold, daring, dauntless, intrepid, stout-hearted

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)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan3
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • vesícula biliar
  • valor
  • espíritu
  • nervio

Portuguese

  • Bexiga irritadaa
  • coragem
  • orgãos internos
  • nervos

French

  • vésicule biliaire
  • courage
  • cran
1564 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1660 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1466 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1671 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
845 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1273 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1347 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1344 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1027 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1150 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29354 Morohashi
919 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4790 New Nelson (John Haig)
31 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
31 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1265 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3972 2001 Kanji
4b5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
7621.0 Four corner code
1-35-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80c6 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction
Kun:
くだ
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
517 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 管 【カン】 pipe, tube
  • 管轄 【カンカツ】 jurisdiction, control
  • 配管 【ハイカン】 plumbing, piping
  • 移管 【イカン】 transfer of control

Kun reading compounds

  • 管 【かん】 pipe, tube
  • 管狐 【くだぎつね】 kuda-gitsune, pipe fox, fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses, stoat
  • 手練手管 【てれんてくだ】 wiles, art of coaxing
  • 手管 【てくだ】 wiles, trick, artifice, coquetry

Readings

Japanese names:
すが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan3
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • tubería
  • tubo
  • caño
  • control
  • controlar
  • administrar

Portuguese

  • flauta
  • tubo
  • instrumento de sopro
  • conversa de bêbados

French

  • tuyau
  • tube
  • instrument à vent
  • discours d'ivrogne
  • gestion
573 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
466 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
443 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
519 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3416 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
664 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2212 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
328 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
539 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1484 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3349 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1736 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2357 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1281 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26162 Morohashi
2701 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4317 New Nelson (John Haig)
1273 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1365 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
613 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2377 2001 Kanji
6f8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
2-9-5 SKIP code
8877.7 Four corner code
1-20-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7ba1 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 癌 【ガン】 cancer
  • 癌遺伝子 【ガンイデンシ】 oncogene
  • 子宮頸がん 【シキュウケイガン】 cervical cancer
  • 膵癌 【スイガン】 pancreatic cancer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2, ai2
Korean:
am

Spanish

  • cáncer

Portuguese

French

3076 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4076 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
22538 Morohashi
3840 New Nelson (John Haig)
2576 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2626 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5i12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-12 SKIP code
0017.2 Four corner code
1-20-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
764c Unicode hex code