肝gān
liver. 7 strokes, radical ⺼, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin gānStrokes 7Radical ⺼Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 肝
Strokes 1–4 write ⺼, then strokes 5–7 write 干.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 肝 · the stroke-order rules
What 肝 is made of
⺼ and 干 (gàn, arid).
⺼ carries the meaning — flesh — and 干 carries the sound.
Words that use 肝
| 肝 | liver 指人体重要的消化器官 医生提醒规律作息养护肝脏。Doctors advised regular habits to protect the liver. Lesson 579, 巾帼安邦 · 笃行固本与筑基致远 · Solid Roots & High-Tech Aspirations |
Characters that share the sound part 干
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical ⺼
All 41 of them, and what the radical means, on the 月 radical page.