懂中文 Dong Chinese

肝

gān

liver

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components
⺼ meaning component

⺼  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

干 sound component

干  Sound component

gān, gàn

  

interfere

Evolution

肝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

肝  

gān

liver; CL:葉|叶[yè],個|个[gè]

Most common words with 肝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肝

liver

肝脏

liver

肝炎

hepatitis

心肝

darling

肝癌

liver cancer