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幹

JLPT N1 SL5 13 strokes Frequency: #364

Meanings

Tree Trunk, Main Part, Talent, Capability

Radicals

干

Decomposition

⿰龺⿱人干

Etymology

Pictographic: Sunlight 龺 suggests "dry"; a club 人干 suggests "invade"

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 vertical bottom-to-top

4 corner bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal right-to-left

10 diagonal right-to-left

11 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン kan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

みき miki

Words Using This Kanji

64 words total

Other (19 words)

management

main line

main road

chief secretary (usu. of a party)

main current

board of governors

board of directors

mainstay

stem (word)

foundation

stem (non-inflecting part of a word)

才幹さいかん

ability

主幹しゅかん

chief editor

主幹研究員しゅかんけんきゅういん

senior chief engineer

main supply route

hemp reed

tree trunk

trunk

executive secretary

カン (1 words)

新幹線しんかんせん

Shinkansen

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