Kanji Detail for 腎 - "kidney, vital, important"

腎

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

腎 means "kidney, vital, important."
1. Kidney - An organ that filters blood.
2. Vital - Essential for life.
3. Important - Of great significance.
Words using 腎
- 腎臓じんぞう kidney
Tattoo check: 腎
- Verified meaning: kidney, vital, important
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

kidney

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

kidneys; testes, gizzard

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

kidney

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

kidney

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

An organ name. On both sides of the lower abdomen. One on each side, left and right. Reddish-brown in color. Specializes in separating waste from blood to form urine. Colloquially called 腰子 (kidney). | 外腎 (external kidney). What produces sperm for reproduction. Also called 睪丸 (testicle).
Onyomi

jin(ジン)
Kunyomi

none
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

肉月 (niku・nikuzuki)
Related Keywords

kidney vital important essential renal organ dialysis filtration nephron ureter urine

父はかねてから腎臓を病んでいた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
後で医者からどうもそうではないらしい、やはり持病の結果だろうという判断を得て、始めて卒倒と腎臓病とを結び付けて考えるようになったのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
「なるほど容体を聞くと、今が今どうという事もないようですが、病気が病気だからよほど気をつけないといけません」先生は腎臓の病について私の知らない事を多く知っていた」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha