肝かん臓ぞう

か

ん

ぞ

う

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

liver

anatomy

The anatomical organ. Used in medical, biological, and everyday contexts.

肝かん臓ぞうは体たい内ないで最もっとも大おおきな臓ぞう器きの一ひとつです。
The liver is one of the largest organs in the body.

お

酒さけ

を

飲の

み

すぎる

と

肝かん

臓ぞう

に

負ふ

担たん

が

かかり

ます

。

Drinking too much alcohol puts a strain on the liver.

Written forms

肝かん臓ぞうUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for the anatomical organ.
かんぞうUsage1%

Kanji

肝liver, pluck, nerve
臓entrails, viscera, bowels

Similar words

レバー
Refers to liver as food, often in the context of dishes like レバニラ (liver and chives). 肝臓 is the anatomical organ.
肝きも
Can mean liver (especially as food) or guts/courage. More colloquial and broader than 肝臓.

Etymology

Compound of 肝 (kan, 'liver') and 臓 (zō, 'internal organ'). The kanji 肝 is a phono-semantic compound with 月 (flesh) and 干 (kan, phonetic), while 臓 combines 月 (flesh) and 藏 (store).