gland, (kokuji)
On'yomi (音読み)
- セン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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About this kanji
The kanji 「腺」 (sen) means "gland" and is primarily used in medical and biological contexts. It’s never used as a verb, only as a noun in various compounds. For example, 「甲状腺」 (こうじょうせん) refers to the thyroid gland, while 「前立腺」 (ぜんりつせん) means prostate gland. Another compound is 「汗腺」 (かんせん), which translates to sweat gland. A usage note is that since this kanji is quite specialized, you will mostly encounter it in discussions about anatomy or health, making it less common in everyday conversation.
Example sentences
彼はホルモン腺の専門家です。
He is an expert on hormonal glands.
Meanings across languages
- English
- gland, (kokuji)
- Tiếng Việt
- tuyến, hạch
- 日本語
- 腺, 腺
- 한국어
- 선
- 中文
- 腺体, 腺
- id
- kelenjar
- th
- ต่อม
- es
- glándula
- fr
- glande
- de
- Drüse
- pt
- glândula
Common compounds
- 甲状腺こうじょうせんthyroid (gland)
- 前立腺肥大症ぜんりつせんひだいしょうenlargement of the prostate
- 前立腺ぜんりつせんprostate (gland)
- 汗腺かんせんsweat gland
- 腺様せんようadenoid
- 乳腺にゅうせんmammary gland
- 涙腺るいせんtear gland, lacrimal gland
- 腺熱せんねつsennetsu rickettsiosis, infectious mononucleosis, mono
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