gān
noun HSK 6 #6,689

Meanings

  1. 1 liver

Characters

Examples

Hē tài duō jiǔ duì gān bù hǎo.
Drinking too much alcohol is bad for the liver.
Tā jiǎnchá le gān gōngnéng.
He had his liver function checked.
Gānyán shì yī zhǒng chángjiàn de jíbìng.
Hepatitis is a common disease.
Zhū gān hányǒu fēngfù de tiě.
Pork liver is rich in iron.

Tips

usage
Medical compounds: 肝炎 (gānyán, hepatitis), 肝脏 (gānzàng, liver organ), (gān'ái, liver cancer), 肝功能 (gān gōngnéng, liver function). In slang, is also used as a verb meaning 'to grind' in gaming.
grammar
(flesh/body radical) + (gān, phonetic) — a body organ pronounced gān.

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