腎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 内臓の一つ。体内の老廃物を排出するため尿を生成する器官。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「肉」+音符「臤」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

kidney

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジンJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音shen4
  • 한글sin
  • Hán-ViệtThận

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
肉(にく)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+814E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱臤⺝

Words using this kanji

  • 腎臓じんぞう左右一対ある器官で、ヒトの場合はこぶし大でソラマメ形をしており、背中側に近い腹部にある。血液中の不要な物質を濾し取って尿を作り出すのが主な働きである。 東洋医学における、生命エネルギーの貯蔵、生殖、排尿をつかさどる臓器。現代医学における腎臓や泌尿器、生殖器にほぼ相当する。kidney
  • 腎不全じんふぜん何らかの原因により腎臓の機能が相当低下した状態。kidney failure, renal failure
  • 腎炎じんえん急性または慢性でおこる腎臓の炎症。腎臓炎。nephritis, inflammation of the kidneys
  • じん(ジン)腎臓。kidney
  • 腎石じんせきkidney stone, renal calculus
  • 腎盂じんう腎臓にあり、尿管と接続する漏斗状の空間。腎盤。renal pelvis
  • 腎症じんしょうnephropathy
  • 腎砂じんさrenal sand, kidney sand, gravel
  • 腎虚じんきょ(male) emaciation due to sexual overindulgence
  • 腎水じんすいsemen
  • 腎虫じんちゅうgiant kidney worm (Dioctophyme renale)
  • 腎臓炎じんぞうえん急性または慢性でおこる腎臓の炎症。腎炎。kidney inflammation, nephritis
  • 腎臓病じんぞうびょう腎炎、腎不全、ネフローゼなど腎臓に関連する疾患の総称。kidney disease, renal disease, nephrism
  • 腎機能じんきのうkidney function
  • 腎障害じんしょうがいrenal impairment, kidney damage
  • 腎盂炎じんうえんpyelitis
  • 腎小体じんしょうたいrenal corpuscle
  • 腎単位じんたんいnephron
  • 腎結石じんけっせきkidney stone, kidney stones, renal calculus, nephrolithiasis
  • 腎臓学じんぞうがくnephrology

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-9-4
Four Corner
7722.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4b9.11
Heisig
916
Nelson
3784