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幹 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「干」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「干」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
みきmiki
Meaning
trunk (of a tree); main part

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

The rising sun with 干 "a straight pole"; the upright core of the tree — hence "trunk, main part."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan幹線かんせん幹事かんじ根幹こんかん
Kunみきmiki幹みき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 新幹線しんかんせん

    Shinkansen; bullet train

  • 幹部かんぶ

    executive; leadership

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

新(しん)幹線(かんせん)で大阪(おおさか)へ行(い)った。

I went to Osaka by Shinkansen.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

新幹線新幹線幹部幹新new線line部part干to dry平flat年year幵level幸happin…刊to pub…慣to get…刋to cut甲armour丱child'…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 干Map of reading カンAll maps

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