漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
腎: kidney
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
月 carries the meaning · 臣 and 又 are drawn in
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジンjin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 腎臓じんぞうkidney
- 腎炎じんえんnephritis; inflammation of the kidneys
- 腎不全じんふぜんkidney failure; renal failure
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
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.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side腎 kidney · 臣 + 又 + 月
vs堅 strict · 臤 + 土In ChineseSimplified 肾 · traditional, as in Japanese · shèn
Japan keeps the traditional form 腎; mainland China simplifies it to 肾.
- Simplified
- 肾 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 腎 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shèn 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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