EntryCommon
  1. Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun

    extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

    危機の際にも冷静さを失わず、狂気に走るのを避けることが肝要である。
    It is essential to keep calm in a time of crisis and avoid going haywire.
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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

need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

Kun
い.る、かなめ
On
ヨウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
106 of 2500
Radical
cover
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

とし

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-6-3SKIP code
3e6.11The Kanji Dictionary
1040.4Four corner code
3269deroo
8981Unicode hex code
1-45-55JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4274Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5515New Nelson (John Haig)
2635New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3263Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1683Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2290Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1604Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1730Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
117A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1218Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
262Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34768PMorohashi
593A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
419Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
425Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
729sakade
887Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
623henshall3
536Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
78crowley
424Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.16busy_people
1639Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1618Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yao4, yao1Pinyin reading
yoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level