肝
liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]); (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
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Dict coverage rank #1,653 U+809D
How 肝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 干 (phonetic, gān)
How to remember it
liver · Heisig RSH #2638
flesh + 干 dry
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 干
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 干 (gān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干 sound component | gān | arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade |
| 杆 | gān | cane, pole, stick |
| 汗 | hàn | perspiration, sweat |
| 奸 | jiān | crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery |
| 刊 | kān | publication, periodical; to publish, to print |
| 赶 | gǎn | to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel |
| 竿 | gān | bamboo pole; penis |
| 轩 | xuān | pavilion; carriage; balcony |
| 鼾 | hān | to snore loudly |
| 矸 | gān | cliff; rock |
| 邗 | hán | an ancient place in the state of Wu |
| 旰 | gàn | sunset, dusk; evening |
| 犴 | àn | wild dog; jail, lock-up |
| 豻 | àn | prison, jail; a wild dog |
| 酐 | gān | anhydride |
Words containing 肝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大动肝火 | dà dòng gān huǒ | (idiom) to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper |
| 巴心巴肝 | bā xīn bā gān | with all one's heart (dialect) |
| 病毒性肝炎 | bìng dú xìng gān yán | viral hepatitis |
| 动肝火 | dòng gān huǒ | to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper |
| 美味牛肝菌 | měi wèi niú gān jùn | porcino (Boletus edulis) |
| 鱼肝油 | yú gān yóu | cod liver oil |
| 心肝宝贝 | xīn gān bǎo bèi | precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart |
| 疏肝理气 | shū gān lǐ qì | to course the liver and rectify 氣|气[qi4] (TCM) |
| 好心当成驴肝肺 | hǎo xīn dàng chéng lǘ gān fèi | (saying) to mistake good intentions for ill will |
| 肝硬化 | gān yìng huà | cirrhosis |
| 肝胆相照 | gān dǎn xiāng zhào | to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion |
| 心肝 | xīn gān | darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity |
| 甲型肝炎 | jiǎ xíng gān yán | hepatitis A |
| 牛肝菌 | niú gān jùn | porcino (Boletus edulis) |
| 肝脑涂地 | gān nǎo tú dì | to offer one's life in sacrifice |
| 丁型肝炎 | dīng xíng gān yán | hepatitis D |
| 龙肝凤胆 | lóng gān fèng dǎn | rare food; ambrosia (delicacy) |
| 肝病 | gān bìng | liver disease |
| 肝火 | gān huǒ | irascibility; irritability; (TCM) inflammation of the liver |
| 肝吸虫 | gān xī chóng | liver fluke |