敢 – daring, brave, bold

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The kanji 敢 means daring, brave, bold, sad, tragic, pitiful. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あ.えて、あ.えない、あ.えず (aete, aenai, aezu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	あ.えて	aete
Kun’yomi	あ.えない	aenai
Kun’yomi	あ.えず	aezu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 耳・攵・乞.

Words using 敢

勇敢ゆうかんbrave敢えてあえてpurposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.)

Example sentences

彼は勇敢でかいかつな少年だ。

He is a brave and cheerful boy.

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Kanji with the same radical

政改数教放整敗攻故散救敏敬敵敷

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.