敢
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
会意。両手で狩猟具を持って豚を捕まえるさまを象る。「捕まえる」「襲う」を意味する漢語｛掩｝を表す字。のち仮借して「あえて」を意味する漢語｛敢｝に用いる。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
daring, brave, bold, sad, tragic, pitiful
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- カンJHS
- Kun (native)
- あ(えて)
- あ(えない)
- あ(えず)
- Other languages
- 拼音gan3
- 한글gam
- Hán-ViệtCảm
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Radical
- 攴(のぶん)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+6562
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰⿱𠃍耳攵
Words using this kanji
- 敢闘かんとう勇猛果敢に闘うこと。fighting bravely
- 敢行かんこう思い切って何かを実行すること。decisive action, going through with, daring to do, carrying out
- 敢然かんぜん思い切って何かをすること。また、そのようなさま。boldly, bravely, resolutely, determinedly
- 敢えてあえてpurposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.), daringly (doing something), deliberately, intentionally
- 敢為かんい物事を押し切って行うこと。断固としてやり通すこと。daring
- 敢死かんし死を覚悟すること。決死。preparing for death, preparedness for death
- 敢闘賞かんとうしょうFighting Spirit Prize (sumo, martial arts, etc.)
- 敢え無くあえなくsadly, tragically
- 敢え無いあえないdisappointing (end, result, etc.), sad, miserable, tragic
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-8-4- Four Corner
1814.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4i8.5- Heisig
- 889
- Nelson
- 2054