Moto 幹: Tree Trunk; Main Part; TalentKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カン
- Kun'yomi
- みき
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 59 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カン)
- 幹事かんじexecutive secretary; coordinator
- 幹部かんぶmanagement; (executive) staff
- 新幹線しんかんせんShinkansen; bullet train
- 根幹こんかんfoundation; root
- 幹線かんせんmain line; trunk line
- 主幹しゅかんchief editor; managing editor
- 基幹きかんmainstay; nucleus
- ミニ新幹線ミニしんかんせんmini-shinkansen
- 上級幹部じょうきゅうかんぶsenior executive staff; upper management
- 下位脳幹かいのうかんlower brainstem
- 主幹研究員しゅかんけんきゅういんsenior chief engineer
- 人工多能性幹細胞じんこうたのうせいかんさいぼうinduced pluripotent stem cell; iPS cell
- 体幹たいかんtrunk (of the body); soma
- 党幹部とうかんぶleading members of a party; party executive
- 国土開発幹線自動車道こくどかいはつかんせんじどうしゃどうnational development arterial expressway
- 国家基幹技術こっかきかんぎじゅつNational Critical Technology
- 基幹システムきかんシステムcore system
- 基幹業務きかんぎょうむmission-critical task; business-critical matter
- 基幹業務データきかんぎょうむデータmission critical data
- 基幹産業きかんさんぎょうkey industries
- 大腿骨骨幹部骨折だいたいこつこっかんぶこっせつfemoral diaphyseal fracture
- 幹ポリマーかんポリマーbackbone chain (polymer); main chain (polymer)
- 幹事会かんじかいboard of governors
- 幹事長かんじちょうchief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
- 幹流かんりゅうmain current
- 幹理かんりsuperintendence; supervision
- 幹細胞かんさいぼうstem cell
- 幹線ケーブルかんせんケーブルtrunk cable
- 幹線結合器かんせんけつごうきtrunk coupling unit; trunk connecting unit
- 幹線道路かんせんどうろmain road; main thoroughfare
- 幹部会かんぶかいboard of directors
- 形容詞幹けいようしかんstem (word)
- 才幹さいかんability
- 挺幹ていかんcaudex (of a plant)
- 最高幹部さいこうかんぶsenior leadership; senior leader
- 樹幹じゅかんtrunk; shaft
- 編集主幹へんしゅうしゅかんeditor-in-chief
- 胚幹細胞はいかんさいぼうembryonic stem cell
- 胚性幹細胞はいせいかんさいぼうembryonic stem cell; ES
- 脳幹のうかんbrain stem
- 補給幹線ほきゅうかんせんmain supply route
- 誘導多能性幹細胞ゆうどうたのうせいかんさいぼうinduced pluripotent stem cell; iPS cell
- 語幹ごかんstem; root of a word
- 語幹形成ごかんけいせいformed from a stem
- 語幹形成母音ごかんけいせいぼおんthematic; thematic vowel
- 躯幹くかんbody; trunk
- 造血幹細胞ぞうけつかんさいぼうhematopoietic stem cell (haematopoietic); hemopoietic stem cell (haemopoietic)
- 骨幹こっかんskeleton; structure
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 幹みき(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft
Other readings
- 家柄より芋幹いえがらよりいもがらhaving food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status
- 幹竹からたけJapanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo
- 幹竹割りからたけわりcutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two
- 浮矢幹うきやがらScirpus yagara (species of club-rush)
- 矢幹やがらshaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo)
- 芋幹いもがらdried taro stem
- 豆幹まめがらremnants of a bean plant; beanstalks and pods
- 鬼の矢幹おにのやがらGastrodia elata (species of saprophytic orchid)
- 麻幹おがらhemp reed; hemp stalk
- 麻幹花おがらばなAcer ukurunduense (species of Asian maple); Acer caudatum subsp. ukurundense
Kanji that often appear with 幹
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