# 肝 liver

月 (moon/organ) + 干 (dry out) Same-ON
★☆☆☆☆
7 strokes

## Onyomi

KAN |

## Mnemonic

| Genghis KHAN likes to dry out your liver organ before he eats it.

## Kunyomi

きも | chutzpah, courage, pluck. (Westerners of either sex believe that their daring and courage live in their balls. Japanese believe it lives in the liver/gallbladder area!) ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

肝臓(かんぞう) | liver ★☆☆☆☆ 肝 (liver) + 臓 (internal organ) = 肝臓 (liver)