幹 – tree trunk, main part, talent

13 strokesTaught in grade 5#364 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 幹 means tree trunk, main part, talent, capability. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みき (miki). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 干 (no. 51).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
Kun’yomi	みき	miki

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: 干 (Kangxi radical 51). Components: 干・十・日・个.

Words using 幹

新幹線しんかんせんShinkansen幹みきtree trunk幹線かんせんmain line幹部かんぶmanagement

Example sentences

新しい新幹線の速いこと！

How fast the new Shinkansen goes!

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Kanji with the same radical

年平幸干

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