EntryCommonJLPT N1
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    essential; important; crucial; vital; main

    なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。
    No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.

Also written 肝腎【かんじん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah

Kun
きも
On
カン
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1118 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-4-3SKIP code
4b3.2The Kanji Dictionary
7124.0Four corner code
3955deroo
809dUnicode hex code
1-20-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3731Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4762New Nelson (John Haig)
841New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1045Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
563Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1649Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1778Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1410A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
408Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1516Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29273Morohashi
1096A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1272Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1346Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1666Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1134Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1107Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1022Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1664Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gan1Pinyin reading
ganKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

Kun
こころ、-ごころ
On
シン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
157 of 2500
Radical
heart
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-3, 4-4-4SKIP code
4k0.1The Kanji Dictionary
3300.0Four corner code
358deroo
5fc3Unicode hex code
1-31-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1645Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1780New Nelson (John Haig)
11New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
595Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
639Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
139A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
49Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
80Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10295Morohashi
147A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
97Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
97Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
95sakade
172Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
164henshall3
96Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
64crowley
172Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
766Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
602Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xin1Pinyin reading
simKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level