干

See also 乾, 幹, 于, 午, 千, 半, and 𡕒

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

simpl.		干
trad.		乾幹干

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)