肝
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Translingual
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Han character
肝 (radical 130, 肉+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月一十 (BMJ), four-corner 71240, composition ⿰月干(GJKV) or ⿰⺼干(HT))
References
- KangXi: page 974, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29273
- Dae Jaweon: page 1425, character 31
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2044, character 3
- Unihan data for U+809D
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
肝 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (干) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
訐 | *krads, *krads, *ked, *kad |
肝 | *kaːn |
竿 | *kaːn |
干 | *kaːn |
奸 | *kaːn |
玕 | *kaːn |
汗 | *kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns |
迀 | *kaːn |
忓 | *kaːn, *ɡaːns |
鳱 | *kaːn |
邗 | *kaːn, *ɡaːn |
秆 | *kaːnʔ |
矸 | *kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns |
仠 | *kaːnʔ |
皯 | *kaːnʔ |
衦 | *kaːnʔ |
簳 | *kaːnʔ |
擀 | *kaːnʔ |
旰 | *kaːns |
盰 | *kaːns |
幹 | *kaːns |
杆 | *kaːns |
骭 | *kaːns, *ɡraːns |
桿 | *kaːnʔ |
趕 | *kaːnʔ |
稈 | *kaːnʔ |
刊 | *kʰaːn |
靬 | *kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan |
衎 | *kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns |
犴 | *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns |
豻 | *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn |
頇 | *ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd |
岸 | *ŋɡaːns |
鼾 | *qʰaːn, *ɢaːns |
罕 | *qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns |
焊 | *qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns |
蔊 | *qʰaːnʔ |
虷 | *ɡaːn |
旱 | *ɡaːnʔ |
皔 | *ɡaːnʔ |
釬 | *ɡaːns |
扞 | *ɡaːns |
閈 | *ɡaːns |
馯 | *ɡaːns, *kʰraːn |
捍 | *ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ |
悍 | *ɡaːns |
銲 | *ɡaːns |
垾 | *ɡaːns |
駻 | *ɡaːns |
睅 | *ɡʷranʔ |
娨 | *ɡraːns |
飦 | *kan |
赶 | *ɡan, *ɡʷad |
軒 | *qʰan |
蓒 | *qʰan |
酐 | *qʰaːŋʔ |
澣 | *ɡʷaːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kaːn) : semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn) – a body part.
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (“bitter; salty; bile; liver”), in which case it would be related to 苦 (OC *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs, “bitter”); also compare Proto-Bodo-Garo *bi-ka (“liver”), whence Bodo (India) [script needed] (bi-ka, “liver”), Garo bika (“liver”).
Alternatively, Schuessler (2007) compares it with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-kal ~ *s-gal (“lower back; kidney”), whence Tibetan མཁལ་མ (mkhal ma, “kidney”), Mizo kal (“kidney”), Chepang गल् (“kidney”), Burmese ခါး (hka:, “waist”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
肝
Compounds
Japanese
Compounds
- 肝炎 (kan'en)
Etymology
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kimo. Cognate with Okinawan 肝 (ちむ, chimu).
Noun
- the liver
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki
- 心腎肝脯 心人情也 腎音神 訓牟良斗 肝音干 訓岐毛
- 794, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki
- innards
- (figuratively) important part
References
- Takeuchi, Rizō (1962) Nara Ibun: Volume 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō Shuppan, ISBN 978-4-490-30010-9.
Korean
Hanja
肝 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan, Yale kan)
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