器官

Chinese

device; tool; utensil official; government; organ of body
trad. (器官)
simp. #(器官)

Pronunciation


Noun

器官

  1. (medicine, biology) organ
    淋巴器官  ―  línbā qìguān  ―  lymphoid organ
    呼吸器官  ―  hūxī qìguān  ―  respiratory organ

Synonyms

  • (literary, or in compounds) ()

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
かん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かん [kíꜜkàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • (Tokyo) [kìkáꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [2]) non-lexical pitch that some speakers employ to reconcile coinciding devoicing and accenting
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥kã̠ɴ]

Noun

()(かん) • (kikan

  1. the largest parts of an organism; organ

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.