干

See also 乾, 幹, 于, 午, 千, 半, and 𡕒

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

simpl.		干
trad.		乾幹干

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*k-/ lends semantic value Frame. Final consonant /*-n/ lends semantic value Adhere/Be Proximate. Pictogram (象形) of a forked stick or thick bar pressed to a combatant to keep him at bay. Other present-day meanings are via association, extension or borrowing. Source: Howell & Morimoto

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a pestle.

Exists as a traditional character, and also a simplification of two traditional characters: Simplified from 乾 and 幹.

干
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

干 (radical 51 干+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一十 (MJ), four-corner 1040₀)

1. oppose, offend
2. invade, higher
3. dried
4. godparent

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/干
• 刊 肝 岸

References

• KangXi: page 339, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9165
• Dae Jaweon: page 645, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 405, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5E72

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Cantonese

Hanzi

干 (traditional 乾, 幹, Yale gon1)

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Hakka

Hanzi

干 (POJ kon, Guangdong kon¹, kon⁵, Hagfa Pinyim gon1)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

干 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to dry

Readings

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: ほす (hosu), ひる (hiru), おかす (okasu)

Compounds

干戈 (かんか, kanka) 干害 (かんがい, kangai)

干渉 (かんしょう, kanshō) 干魃 (かんばつ, kanbatsu)

干天 (かんてん, kanten)

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Korean

Hanja

干 (hangeul 간, 강, revised gan, gang, McCune-Reischauer kan, kang)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

干 (traditional 乾, 幹, pinyin gān (gan1), gàn (gan4), Wade-Giles kan¹, kan⁴)

Verb

干 (gàn, 幹)

1. to do

Compounds

gān

• 干巴
• 干巴巴、干巴巴的
• 甘巴儿瘦
• 干板
• 干杯
• 干贝
• 干瘪
• 干冰
• 干菜
• 干草
• 干柴烈火
• 干脆
• 干打雷，不下雨
• 干瞪眼
• 干电池
• 干爹
• 干儿子
• 干犯
• 干饭
• 干肥
• 干粉
• 干戈
• 干股
• 干果
• 干寒
• 干旱
• 干号、干嚎
• 干涸
• 干花
• 干灰
• 干货
• 干急
• 干季
• 干结
• 干净
• 干净利落
• 干咳
• 干渴
• 干枯
• 干哭
• 干酪
• 干冷
• 干礼、干礼儿
• 干连
• 干粮
• 干裂
• 干馏
• 干妈
• 干妹子
• 干娘
• 干女儿
• 干呕
• 干亲
• 干亲家
• 干扰
• 干扰素
• 干涩
• 干丝
• 干松
• 干嗽
• 干涉
• 干涉现象
• 干尸
• 干瘦
• 干爽
• 干洗
• 干系
• 干笑
• 干薪
• 干性油
• 干血浆
• 干咽
• 干预、干与
• 干云蔽日
• 干燥
• 干燥剂
• 干燥箱
• 干着急
• 干证
• 干支
• 干皱

gàn

• 干不来
• 干不了
• 干部
• 干部学校
• 干才
• 干道
• 干得过儿
• 干掉
• 干活儿
• 干急
• 干家
• 干架
• 干将
• 干劲、干劲儿
• 干警
• 干练
• 干流
• 干路
• 干吗
• 干渠
• 干什么
• 干事
• 干头儿
• 干线
• 干校
• 干仗

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Old Korean

Noun

干 (kan)

1. (Silla) king

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Vietnamese

Han character

干 (can, cơn, càn, cán)