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干

gān, gàn

interfere

Pictograph of a type of hunting or military tool.

Evolution

干 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
干 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
干 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
干 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
干 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

干 (乹) 

gān

old variant of 乾|干[gān]

干 (乾) 

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

干 (乾) 

Gān

surname Gan

干  

gān

to concern; to interfere; shield; stem

干 (幹) 

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)

干 (亁) 

gān

variant of 乾|干[gān]

Most common words with 干
Freq.
Word
Meaning

干

tree trunk

干部

cadre

干什么

what are you doing?

干净

clean

干吗

whatever for?

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

秆 讦 顸

Sound component in 22 characters (6 verified)

幹 赶 岸 汗 罕 旱 刊 肝 奸 杆 軒 轩 竿 鼾 秆 矸 酐 旰 顸 犴 邗 豻

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤar

kan

gān

pole

*kˤa[r]

kan

gān

shield (n.)

*kˤar

kan

gān

piece, item

*kˤar

kan

gān

(placename)


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 98.6064% of movies

138th most common character in movies

353rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Traditional

乾幹乹

Unicode

U+5E72

Shuowen

“干，犯也。从反入，从一。”


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