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器官 (きかん): organ (of body, instrument) — Japanese vocabulary

器官 is read きかん and means "organ (of body, instrument)". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

器官

Reading
きかん · kikan
Translation
organ (of body, instrument)
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
きかんがきかんが

Example

物を視覚的に覚える器官は視床下部の下にある。

ものをしかくてきにおぼえるきかんはししょうかぶのしたにある。

The sight memory organ is below the hypothalamus.

Kanji in this word

  • 器 — Utensil, Vessel, Receptacle
  • 官 — Bureaucrat, The Government, Organ

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