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肝 = 干 + 月

肝 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “liver”. It is built from 干 (dry) and 月 (month). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1778.

Keyword
liver
RTK frame
1778
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
きも
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
печень
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
肝 liver

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 干 dry
  2. 月 month

How to find 肝 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dry” + “month”. 肝 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 肝 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.