肝 gān liver
Made up of [月 yuè moon; month radical 74, 干 gàn do; shield; to concern radical 51]Made with 7 strokes.
The moon radical is also used for 'meat' while the right part is the phonetic
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Also uses 月 yuè component: 胆 dǎn (the gall) 服 fú (clothes) 湖 hú (lake) 胡 hú (beard) 胶 jiāo (to glue) 明 míng (bright) 能 néng (to be able to) 朋 péng (friend) 朋 péng (friend) 期 qī (phase) 前 qián (front) 青 qīng (green) 散 sàn (to scatter) 胜 shèng (victory) 隋 suí (Sui) 阴 yīn (yin) 有 yǒu (have) 朝 zhāo (dynasty)
Also uses 干 gàn component: 岸 àn (bank) 赶 gǎn (to overtake) 杆 gān (pole) 汗 hàn (perspiration) 刊 kān (to print) 年 nián (year)
Sounds same
甘 gān (pleasant) 杆 gān (pole)Different tone
赶 gǎn (to overtake) 干 gàn (do)Pronunciation
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