肝心

Japanese

Kanji in this term
肝 心
かん
Grade: S
しん > じん
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
肝腎

Etymology

From 肝 (kan, “liver”) + 心 (shin, “heart”) or 腎 (jin, “kidney”).

心 is a daiyōji replacing 腎.

Adjective

肝(かん)心(じん) • (kanjin) -na (adnominal 肝(かん)心(じん)な (kanjin na), adverbial 肝(かん)心(じん)に (kanjin ni))

  1. (figurative) vital, essential, main

Inflection

Noun

肝(かん)心(じん) • (kanjin) 

  1. (figurative) that which is essential or fundamental

Usage notes

Prior to the addition of the character 腎 to the Jōyō Kanji List in 2010, that character was substituted with 心, producing 肝心. The new standard recommends 肝腎 instead, but 肝心 is still more widely used.

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
肝 心
ちむ
Grade: S
くくる > ぐくる
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 肝 (chimu, “liver”) + 心 (kukuru, “heart”).

Noun

肝(ちむ)心(ぐくる) (chimugukuru) 

  1. thoughtfulness, sincerity
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