"幹" meaning in Japanese

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Affix

IPA: [kã̠ɴ] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (かん)), kan [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 幹 (MC kanH). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=かん}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|幹}} 幹 (MC kanH) Head templates: {{ja-pos|affix|かん}} 幹(かん) • (kan)
  1. tree trunk; stem
    Sense id: en-幹-ja-affix-AF33t6HF Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 0 8 0 44 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 44 1 6 0 44 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 42 2 7 0 43 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 45 1 5 0 45 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 1 5 0 46 3
  2. main part; core
    Sense id: en-幹-ja-affix-b9i5AQqd
  3. talent; capability
    Sense id: en-幹-ja-affix-WjQzfO4H Categories (other): Japanese affixes Disambiguation of Japanese affixes: 22 2 34 0 22 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 幹細胞 (kansaibō) (ruby: 幹細胞(かんさいぼう)) (english: stem cell), 新幹線 (shinkansen) (ruby: 新幹線(しんかんせん)) (english: bullet train), 脳幹 (nōkan) (ruby: 脳幹(のうかん)) (english: brain stem)
Etymology number: 3

Character

  1. Tags: grade-5-kanji, kanji, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-幹-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Grade 5 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations

Noun

IPA: [mʲikʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (みき)), miki [romanization]
Etymology: Originally a compound of 身 (mi, “body”) + 木 (ki, “tree”). First cited to a text from 1726. Etymology templates: {{lang|ja|幹}} 幹, {{compound|ja|身|木|sort=みき|t1=body|t2=tree|tr1=mi|tr2=ki}} 身 (mi, “body”) + 木 (ki, “tree”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|みき}} 幹(みき) • (miki)
  1. the trunk or core of something:
    a tree trunk
    Sense id: en-幹-ja-noun-Mhy8rxpO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 43 0 8 0 44 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 44 1 6 0 44 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 42 2 7 0 43 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 45 1 5 0 45 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 1 5 0 46 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 92 8
  2. the trunk or core of something:
    a plant stalk
    Sense id: en-幹-ja-noun-WVW0UNar
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for 幹 meaning in Japanese (5.3kB)

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    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞林",
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    "ja:松村明"
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        "talent; capability"
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