幹 (capability, main part, talent, tree trunk) - Kanji Codex

幹

capability, main part, talent, tree trunk

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

みき

Nanori (名乗り)

えだきくるたかしつねつよしともまさみもともときよしより

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:13

JLPT:1

Frequency:364

Vocabulary

カン

Word	Reading	Meaning
幹事	カンジ	executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
幹線	カンセン	main line; trunk line
幹部	カンブ	management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
幹理	カンリ	superintendence; supervision; administration
基幹	キカン	mainstay; nucleus; key

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
幹	みき	tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
幹竹割り	からたけわり	cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
麻幹	おがら	hemp reed; hemp stalk
矢幹	やがら	shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish
骨幹	こっかん	skeleton; structure; build

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