| 幹 | meaning | 'tree trunk' |
| onyomi | カン | |
| kunyomi | みき |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 新幹線 | しんかんせん | bullet train (very high speed), shinkansen |
| 主幹 | しゅかん | chief editor; manager, person in charge |
| 基幹 | きかん | mainstay, nucleus, key |
| 幹 | から | trunk, stem, stalk; shaft (of an arrow); handle |
| 幹事会 | かんじかい | board of governors |
| 幹線 | かんせん | main line, trunk line |
| 幹部 | かんぶ | management, (executive) staff, leaders, leadership, top brass, upper echelons |
| 根幹 | こんかん | basis, nucleus, root and branch |
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