Kanji N1

幹: tree trunk, main part, talent

幹 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning tree trunk, main part, talent, written with 13 strokes. It is read カン (on) and みき (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 幹部 (かんぶ, management) and 新幹線 (しんかんせん, Shinkansen).

幹

Meanings

  • tree trunk
  • main part
  • talent
  • capability
Strokes13
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#364 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • みき

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 幹

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 幹部かんぶ

    management; (executive) staff; leaders

    JLPT N1
  • 新幹線しんかんせん

    Shinkansen; bullet train

    JLPT N2
  • 幹かん

    tree trunk; bole

    JLPT N1
  • 幹線かんせん

    main line; trunk line

    JLPT N1
  • 幹事かんじ

    executive secretary; coordinator; organizer

  • 根幹こんかん

    foundation; root; basis; core; fundamentals

  • 主幹しゅかん

    chief editor; managing editor

  • 基幹きかん

    mainstay; nucleus; key

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.