gān, gàn
interfere
Pictograph of a type of hunting or military tool.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
gān
gān
dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); clean; in vain; dried food; foster; adoptive; to ignore
Gān
surname Gan
gān
to concern; to interfere; shield; stem
gàn
trunk of tree or of human body; tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar)
gān
Most common words with 干
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
tree trunk | ||
cadre | ||
what are you doing? | ||
clean | ||
whatever for? |
Component uses
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.146