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Meaning of 肝

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Pinyin: gān
English Definition: liver; Classifiers:
Chinese Definition:
①人或动物体内最大的消化腺,有合成与贮存养料、分泌胆汁、解毒等功能:肝脏。肝炎。肝胆。肝肠。心肝。
②中医学指五脏之一:肝火。肝气。
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (flesh) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • meat, flesh; organic compound
    • [ gàn ] arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
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Example Words
肝炎 gān yán hepatitis
乙肝 gān hepatitis B
肝脏 gān zàng liver
心肝 xīn gān darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity
肝胆相照 gān dǎn xiāng zhào to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
More: 肝* | *肝 | *肝*
Example Sentences
1
That looks like a section of a diseased liver.
2
He later said he had a liver transplant during this period.
3
西
During the leave Mr. Jobs secretly flew to Tennessee for a liver transplant.
4
2006
In 2006, three women received liver and kidney transplants from the same donor.
5
But overeating can lead to liver damage, muscle spasms and problems with the nervous system.