干
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TranslingualEdit
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Han characterEdit
干 (Kangxi radical 51, 干+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 一十 (MJ), four-corner 10400, composition ⿱一十)
- Shuowen Jiezi radical №47
Derived charactersEdit
- Appendix:Chinese radical/干
- 仠, 𭆺, 奸, 𡯋, 屽, 𢁗, 㢨, 忓, 扞, 汗, 犴, 𨸗, 迀, 旰, 杆, 㶥, 㸩, 𭕍, 玕, 肝, 𤮽, 𤰟, 𤽂, 皯, 盰, 矸, 𥘏, 秆, 衦, 𥾍, 𦏹, 虷, 姧, 訐(讦), 豻, 赶, 𧿂, 軒(轩), 酐, 𭀧, 𡱭, 釬(𬬧), 𩈅, 靬, 𩎒(𬰱), 飦(𫗞), 𭒋, 馯(𫘛), 骭, 𩵟, 𩾝, 𪌃, 䵟, 𪔆, 𬏎, 鼾, 𪗙
- 刊, 邗, 攼, 𤿊, 𧰪, 䧲, 頇(顸), 鳱, 𪚒, 𪚟, 𫢉, 𠣍, 厈, 𡵃, 𢇛, 芉, 旱, 𣬂, 𤰠, 𤴲, 癷, 𥝝, 𥤱, 𢦡, 䍐, 䍑, 𦉻, 竿, 罕, 閈(闬), 𩂀, 𫹯, 㶣, 𤮻, 㿻, 𭅖, 衎, 哶, 𢒑, 䖫, 𢿂
Related charactersEdit
- 乾, 幹 (Traditional forms of 干)
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 339, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9165
- Dae Jaweon: page 645, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 405, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5E72
ChineseEdit
Glyph originEdit
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| 訐 | *krads, *krads, *ked, *kad |
| 肝 | *kaːn |
| 竿 | *kaːn |
| 干 | *kaːn |
| 奸 | *kaːn |
| 玕 | *kaːn |
| 汗 | *kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns |
| 迀 | *kaːn |
| 忓 | *kaːn, *ɡaːns |
| 鳱 | *kaːn |
| 邗 | *kaːn, *ɡaːn |
| 秆 | *kaːnʔ |
| 矸 | *kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns |
| 仠 | *kaːnʔ |
| 皯 | *kaːnʔ |
| 衦 | *kaːnʔ |
| 簳 | *kaːnʔ |
| 擀 | *kaːnʔ |
| 旰 | *kaːns |
| 盰 | *kaːns |
| 幹 | *kaːns |
| 杆 | *kaːns |
| 骭 | *kaːns, *ɡraːns |
| 桿 | *kaːnʔ |
| 趕 | *kaːnʔ |
| 稈 | *kaːnʔ |
| 刊 | *kʰaːn |
| 靬 | *kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan |
| 衎 | *kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns |
| 犴 | *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns |
| 豻 | *ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn |
| 頇 | *ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd |
| 岸 | *ŋɡaːns |
| 鼾 | *qʰaːn, *ɢaːns |
| 罕 | *qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns |
| 焊 | *qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns |
| 蔊 | *qʰaːnʔ |
| 虷 | *ɡaːn |
| 旱 | *ɡaːnʔ |
| 皔 | *ɡaːnʔ |
| 釬 | *ɡaːns |
| 扞 | *ɡaːns |
| 閈 | *ɡaːns |
| 馯 | *ɡaːns, *kʰraːn |
| 捍 | *ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 悍 | *ɡaːns |
| 銲 | *ɡaːns |
| 垾 | *ɡaːns |
| 駻 | *ɡaːns |
| 睅 | *ɡʷranʔ |
| 娨 | *ɡraːns |
| 飦 | *kan |
| 赶 | *ɡan, *ɡʷad |
| 軒 | *qʰan |
| 蓒 | *qʰan |
| 酐 | *qʰaːŋʔ |
| 澣 | *ɡʷaːnʔ |
Pictogram (象形) – a pestle or a weapon, since it can mean "shield" (午, which is similar, is a pestle).
Also borrowed phonetically as a simplification of 乾 (dry) and 幹.
Etymology 1Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 干 – see 乾 (“dry; moistureless; waterless; arid; to dry; to exhaust; etc.”). (This character, 干, is the simplified and variant form of 乾.) |
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Etymology 2Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 干 – see 幹 (“main part of something; body; trunk; to do; etc.”). (This character, 干, is the simplified form of 幹.) |
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Etymology 3Edit
| simp. and trad. |
干 | |
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| alternative forms | 𬼽 | |
Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with 扞 (OC *ɡaːns, “to shield; to protect”), 閈 (OC *ɡaːns, “gate”). Compare Tibetan འགལ ('gal, “to go against, to violate, to contradict”), Burmese ကာ (ka, “shield; to shield; to block”).
Pronunciation 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
干
- to concern; to be implicated in; implication
- † a shield
- 形天與帝至此（奇肱之國）爭神，帝斷其首，葬之長羊之山。乃以乳為目，以臍為口，操干戚以舞。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas
- Xíngtiān yǔ dì zhì cǐ (jī gōng zhī guó) zhēng shén, dì duàn qí shǒu, zàng zhī chángyáng zhī shān. Nǎi yǐ rǔ wéi mù, yǐ qí wéi kǒu, cāo gān qī yǐ wǔ. [Pinyin]
- When Xingtian fought with the Supreme Deity there (the land of people with odd/uneven upper-arms), the Supreme Deity decapitated him and buried his head at Changyang Mountain. [But Xingtian's] nipples became his eyes, his belly button became his mouth and the thrusting of his shield and battle-axe became his dance.
形天与帝至此（奇肱之国）争神，帝断其首，葬之长羊之山。乃以乳为目，以脐为口，操干戚以舞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- † to request; to ask
- † to offend; to encroach on
- † to interfere; to intervene
- † bank; edge of water bodies
- 8th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "opposition" (𝌍)
- Short for 天干 (tiāngān, “heavenly stem”).
- group (of people)
- Alternative form of 乾／干 (gān, “dry”).
- Alternative form of 澗／涧 (jiàn, “brook; stream”).
- Alternative form of 矸 (gān, “rock”).
- a surname
- (Mainland China Hokkien) in vain; for nothing
SynonymsEdit
- (in vain): 白 (bái)
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 干
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Pronunciation 2Edit
DefinitionsEdit
干
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 4Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 干 – see 豻 (“a kind of wild dog from northern China, resembling a fox with a black snout; etc.”). (This character, 干, is a variant form of 豻.) |
Etymology 5Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 干 – see 贛 (“Gan River; Jiangxi, a province of China.; etc.”). (This character, 干, is the second-round simplified form of 贛.) |
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JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
干
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
- Kun: ほす (hosu, 干す, Jōyō); ひる (hiru, 干る, Jōyō); たて (tate, 干); おかす (okasu, 干す)
CompoundsEdit
- 干城 (tateki)
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 干 |
| かん Grade: 6 |
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From Middle Chinese 干 (MC kɑn).
PronunciationEdit
AffixEdit
Derived termsEdit
- shield
- 干戈 (kanka)
- interfere, invade
Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 干 |
| かん Grade: 6 |
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| 旱 |
PronunciationEdit
AffixEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
| Kanji in this term |
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| 干 |
| ひ Grade: 6 |
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| 乾 |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
- (prefixed to nouns) dry
Derived termsEdit
- 干物 (himono)
ReferencesEdit
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
OkinawanEdit
KanjiEdit
干
ReadingsEdit
VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
干: Hán Việt readings: can
干: Nôm readings: can, càn, cán, cơn
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