肝
liver; pluck; nerve; chutzpah
7 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1118.
Readings
- カン (on reading): 肝心 (かんじん) essential; 肝臓 (かんぞう) liver
- きも (kun reading): 肝 (きも) liver; 砂肝 (すなぎも) gizzard
Components
Words using 肝
- 肝心 (かんじん) essential
- 肝臓 (かんぞう) liver
- 肝炎 (かんえん) hepatitis
- 肝不全 (かんふぜん) liver failure
- 肝硬変 (かんこうへん) cirrhosis (of the liver)
- 肝 (きも) liver
- 砂肝 (すなぎも) gizzard
- 度肝 (どぎも) guts
- 肝試し (きもだめし) test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
- あん肝 (あんきも) monkfish liver
79 words in all.