Word Meaning 器官

きかん kikan

器官 is read as きかん (kikan) and means organ.

Meaning

English

  1. organ

Reading

Kana

きかん

Romaji

kikan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Related Words 心臓,内臓,臓器 Rank 6484 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

器官なき身体

きかんなきしんたい

body without organs

相同器官

そうどうきかん

homologous organ

発電器官

はつでんきかん

electric organ

発声器官

はっせいきかん

vocal organs

発音器官

はつおんきかん

sound-producing organ (i.e. speech organs of mammals, wings of insects)

調音器官

ちょうおんきかん

articulatory organ (i.e. the tongue, teeth, lips, etc.)

退化器官

たいかきかん

vestigial organ

前庭器官

ぜんていきかん

vestibular system

音声器官

おんせいきかん

speech organ

器具

きぐ

utensil

器物

きぶつ

personal property

器用

きよう

clever

Example Sentences

5

しんぞうはいのちをささえるたいせつなきかんだ。

The heart is an important organ that sustains life.

はいはこきゅうにかかわるきかんです。

The lungs are organs involved in breathing.

みみはおとをきくためのきかんです。

The ear is an organ for hearing sounds.

We dissected a frog to examine its internal organs.

When the body is touched, receptors in the skin send messages to the brain causing the release of chemicals such as endorphins.