Chinese Character Wiki
幹

gàn

trunk

Both 倝 and 干 serve as sound components.

Components
倝 sound component

倝  Sound component

gàn

  

sunrise

干 sound component

干  Sound component

gān, gàn

  

interfere

Evolution

幹 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
幹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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)

Most common words with 幹
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

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

擀

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤar-s

kanH

gàn

stem; framework


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 98.6064% of movies

138th most common character in movies

353rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

干

Unicode

U+5E79

Shuowen

“榦，築牆耑木也。从木，倝聲。”


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