Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1118 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah

Kunyomi: きも

Onyomi: カン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: meat

Examples

Onyomi Examples

硬変 カンコウヘン cirrhosis (of the liver)

カンエン hepatitis

ハイカン lungs and livers, depths of one's heart, innermost heart

脂肪 シボウカン fatty liver

Kunyomi Examples

きも liver, innards, courage, spirit, pluck, guts, crux, essential point, key

いり きもいり good offices, auspices, sponsorship, help, assistance, village official (during the Edo period)

むらぎも internal organs, entrails

あん あんきも monkfish liver, goosefish liver