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敢 means 'daring'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1909   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-35    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 9 words   Used in 23 words   Used in 46 names   Component in 16 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カン
Additional readings
Kun    あえて   あえない   あえず
Notes
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Find out how to talk about taking decisive steps, having courage, doing things deliberately, and taking action just for now. See how once-disgraced entrepreneur Takafumi Horie has connections to our star kanji. And learn to say, “Brave as he was, he recoiled at the sight,” “He was brave enough to go there alone,” and “Boldness sometimes has dangerous consequences.”
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Components
⿰  ⿱  丅 (下) below  耳 ear  攵 strike  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 敢 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 敢 is used 18 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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カン : 14 words FIND ALL
ゆ う か ん 0
brave; heroic; gallant
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カン (read as がん) : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: 石敢當
noun
shigandang; stone tablet placed at a three-way street intersection (or dead end) to ward off evil spirits
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あえて : 3 words FIND ALL
と り あ え ず 3 と り あ え ず 4 と り あ え ず 0
Most common form: とりあえず
1. first of all; at once; right away  (often written with kana only)
2. for now; for the time being  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 5 less common words include 敢 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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Cascading kanji view

敢
カン    daring   
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攵
ぼく strike   
丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
耳
ジ   みみ ear   
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