肝

• 拼音: gān
• 汉字拆解: 肝 = 月 (flesh/meat radical, indicating body part) + 干 (phonetic component)

含义

Liver. The organ that filters blood and produces bile.

In Chinese medicine, 肝 is one of the five vital organs (五脏) and is believed to govern emotional flow, particularly anger (肝火 'liver fire' means irritability). Common expressions: 肝癌 (liver cancer), 肝炎 (hepatitis), 肝脏 (liver as organ), 心肝 (darling, literally 'heart and liver'), 肝胆相照 (to treat with utmost sincerity).

例句

1. 长期饮酒会对肝造成严重的损害，甚至导致肝硬化。
2. 中医认为肝主疏泄，与人的情绪调节密切相关。
3. 定期体检可以及早发现肝脏方面的问题。

用法指南

语境: medical, health, traditional medicine

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 他去医院检查了肝功能。(He went to the hospital to check his liver function.)
• 这道菜用的是猪肝。(This dish uses pork liver.)

错误说法

• 把肝脏简称为肝时不加量词 (When referring to the organ clinically, say 肝脏 for clarity; 肝 alone is fine in compounds or casual contexts)

起源与历史

Phono-semantic compound: 月 (flesh radical, originally 肉) indicates body part + 干 (gān) provides the sound.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal