Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

肺: lungs

JLPT N19 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 市 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ハイhai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 肺はいlung
  • 肺臓はいぞうlungs
  • 肺癌はいがんlung cancer
  • 肺炎はいえんpneumonia
  • 肺活量はいかつりょうlung capacity
  • 肺結核はいけっかくpulmonary tuberculosis

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
More in the 月 meat story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

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市

Also built on market (市)

Also read ハイ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
肺 lungs · 月
vs柿 persimmon · 木
肺 has 月 where 柿 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fèi

Same form: 肺 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
肺 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
肺 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin fèi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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