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Ear Daring Japanese 敢 カン あ.えて、あ.えない、あ.えず Sad Tragic

Kanji
Onyomi カン
Kunyomi あ.えて、あ.えない、あ.えず
English daring, sad, tragic, pitiful, frail, feeble
Examples 勇敢(ゆうかん): brave; heroic; gallant
敢えて(あえて): dare (to do something); venture (often overcoming reluctance, or in the face of probable failure); take upon oneself; challenge; presume; (there is no) need to; (don't) go as far as; definitely (not)
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1859
Components 耳: ear
攴: strike; hit; folding chair radical (no. 66)
Number of Strokes 12
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 66
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading ぼくにょう・ぼくづくり・とまた・のぶん・しぶん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword daring
Koohii Story 1 Only a truly daring Japanese student would wear a spike in his ear under the gaze of the Japanese teacher taskmasters!
Koohii Story 2 See that ear nailed over there ? It´s the ear of the last person who was too daring with the taskmistress.
RTK Index 826

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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