Kanji
N1 7 strokes Grade 8 freq #1118

liver, pluck, nerve, chutzpah

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

meat niku

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

liver
essential; important
hepatitis
cirrhosis (of the liver)
extremely important; essential
hepatic artery
arteria hepatica propria; hepatic artery proper
liver transplant
primary biliary cirrhosis
sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

liver; innards
amassed feeling; build-up (of thoughts)
alcoholic liver disease
cool-headed; unflappable
hepatitis C

Example sentences

The brain was not like the liver or the lungs.

These pills act on the liver.

We should try to be philosophical about life; wealth gained could also vanish.

A good beginning makes a good ending.