肝

肝 — liver, pluck, nerve

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 7
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1118 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: かん kan
Kun'yomi: きも kimo

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 肝

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

肝心かんじん essential JLPT N1