肝

gān

liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game); (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress; grindy

Radical: ⺼ HSK 6 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

肝 decomposes into the following components:

⺼ 干

Semantic component: ⺼; phonetic component: 干.

Words containing 肝

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 肝.

乙肝
yǐ gān
hepatitis B
心肝
xīn gān
conscience
氪肝
kè gān
甲肝
jiǎ gān
hepatitis A
肝火
gān huǒ
irascibility
肝炎
gān yán
hepatitis
肝病
gān bìng
liver disease
肝癌
gān ái
liver cancer
肝糖
gān táng
肝脏
gān zàng
liver
肝醣
gān táng
肥肝
féi gān

Related characters (radical ⺼)

Characters that share the radical ⺼.

⺼ 冑 朊 肉 肋 肌 肓 肖 肘 肙 肚 肛 肜 肟 肠 股 肢 肤 肥 肩 肪 肫 肭 肮

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