肝 (gon1 | gan1) : liver

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肝

gon1

gan1

liver; hepar

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Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 肉 (#130)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

肝

This word has been viewed 6950 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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冇心肝 mou5 sam1 gon1 = not having a conscience; negligent, indifferent 粵

心肝 sam1 gon1 = conscience; darling

肝癌 gon1 ngaam4 = cancer of the liver

肝糖 gon1 tong4 = glycogen

魚肝油 jyu4 gon1 jau4 = [n] cod liver oil; fish liver oil; Oleum Jecoris Piscis

的起心肝 dik1 hei2 sam1 gon1 = to make a serious effort to do sth (esp when procrastinating about it) 粵

猪肝 zyu1 gon1 = pork liver

肝硬化 gon1 ngaang6 faa3 gan1 ying4 hua4 = cirrhosis

心肝椗 sam1 gong1 ding3 xin1 gan1 ding4 = (mostly of children) one's sweetheart; darling 粵

心肝唔搭肺 sam1 gon1 m4 daap3 fai3 xin1 gan1 wu2 da1 fei4 = 1. to be uncaring and apathetic 2. to be detached; absentminded 粵
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Decimal representation of this word: 肝
Unicode code for this character: U+809d (off-site link)

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