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Kanji Detail for 敢 - "dare, not dare, boldly"

敢

  • Meaning

    敢 means "dare, not dare, boldly."

    1. Dare - To have courage to do; to push through with determination.

    2. Not dare - To refrain from doing.

    3. Rhetorical - How could one not do; how could one resist.

  • Words using 敢

    • 果敢 かかん Listen resolute; determined; bold
    • 敢闘 かんとう Listen fighting bravely
    • 敢行 かんこう Listen decisive action; going through with; daring to do
    • 敢えて あえて Listen purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); deliberately

  • Four-character idioms with 敢

    • 勇猛果敢 ゆうもうかかん Listen daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
    • 迅速果敢 じんそくかかん Listen quick and decisive; fast and daring; swift and resolute
    • 進取果敢 しんしゅかかん Listen enterprising and daring; boldly forward-looking

  • Tattoo check: 敢

    • Verified meaning: dare, not dare, boldly
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あえ, いさお, いさみ, いさむ)

    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.

  • Name readings of 敢

    Given names 敢(いさお)Listen 敢(いさむ)Listen 敢(かん)Listen 敢(すすむ)Listen

    Surnames 敢(あえ)Listen 敢(いさみ)Listen 敢(つよし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    daring; brave; bold; sad; tragic; pitiful

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to dare, venture; bold, brave

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    bold, brave; to dare, to venture

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

    To advance boldly. Such as 勇敢, 果敢. | Fearless. Such as 敢作敢為. | A particle with meaning of presuming. Such as 敢固辭, 敢固以請, both from (Book of Rites).

  • Onyomi

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    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

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    a.enai(あ-えない) あ-えない

    a.ezu(あ-えず) あ-えず

    aete(あ-えて) あ-えて

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    dare not dare boldly rhetorical venture audacity bravery courage daring determination fearless fortitude intrepid risk

Sentences including 敢

  • He was brave.

  • He was brave enough to go there alone.

  • John did a brave thing.

  • He is brave enough to go there by himself.

  • Child as she was , she was brave.

  • Girl as she is , she is brave.

  • He is brave enough to go there by himself.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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