胆
gall; gall bladder; courage; pluck; nerve
9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1449.
Readings
- タン (on reading): 大胆 (だいたん) bold; 落胆 (らくたん) discouragement
- きも (kun reading): 生き胆 (いきぎも) liver taken from a living animal
- Read as a whole word: 竜胆 (りんどう) gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri); 蔓竜胆 (つるりんどう) Tripterospermum japonicum; 竜胆色 (りんどういろ) gentian blue
Components
Words using 胆
- 大胆 (だいたん) bold
- 落胆 (らくたん) discouragement
- 胆汁 (たんじゅう) bile
- 魂胆 (こんたん) ulterior motive
- 胆嚢 (たんのう) gallbladder
- 竜胆 (りんどう) gentian (Gentiana scabra var. buergeri)
- 蔓竜胆 (つるりんどう) Tripterospermum japonicum
- 竜胆色 (りんどういろ) gentian blue
- 生き胆 (いきぎも) liver taken from a living animal
- 熊の胆 (くまのい) dried bear's gallbladder (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 胆 (い) gallbladder
51 words in all.