幹

See also: 干 and 榦

Translingual

Han character

幹 (radical 51 干+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十十人一十 (JJOMJ), four-corner 4844₁, composition ⿰𠦝⿱𠆢干)

Derived terms

• 擀

References

• KangXi: page 341, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9183
• Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 409, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5E79

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Chinese

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trad.		幹
simp.		干

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 倝 + phonetic 干

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàn (gan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gon³
• Min Dong (BUC): gáng/guāng
• Min Nan (POJ): kàn
• Wu (WT Romanisation): koe (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: kan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gann
    • IPA ^(key): /ka̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gon³
    • Yale: gon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gon³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɔːn³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gáng/guāng
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑŋ²¹³/, /kuaŋ³³/
  • Note: gáng - literary; guāng - colloquial.
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàn
    • Tâi-lô: kàn
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: koe (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kø³⁴/

Definitions

幹

1. main part of something; trunk (of a plant); body (of animals)
2. to do

   你在幹什麼？ [MSC, trad.]

   你在干什么？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zài gàn shénme? [Pinyin]

   What are you doing?

3. to work

   幹活／干活 ("to work")

   你是幹什麼的？ [MSC, trad.]

   你是干什么的？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ shì gàn shénme de? [Pinyin]

   What is your 'job?

4. (vulgar) to fuck, to engage in sexual intercourse

   幹你媽！ [MSC, trad.]

   干你妈！ [MSC, simp.]

   Gànnǐmā! [Pinyin]

   Fuck you!

5. (vulgar) to kill

Compounds

Derived terms

• 幹不了／干不了 ("cannot do it")

• 幹不來／干不来 ("cannot do it")

• 幹事／干事 ("secretary in charge")

• 幹什麼／干什么 ("do what? why?")

• 幹仗／干仗 ("to quarrel")

• 幹勁／干劲, 幹勁兒／干劲儿 ("vigor")

• 幹嘛／干嘛, 幹嗎／干吗 ("why on earth")

• 幹家／干家 ("household manager")

• 幹將／干将 ("go-getter")

• 幹得過兒／干得过儿 ("can be done")

• 幹才／干才 ("ability")

• 幹掉／干掉 ("to finish, to kill")

• 幹架／干架 ("to quarrel")

• 幹活／干活 ("to work"), 幹活兒／干活儿

• 幹流／干流 ("trunk stream")

• 幹渠／干渠 ("trunk canal")

• 幹細胞／干细胞 ("stem cell")

• 幹線／干线 ("main line")

• 幹練／干练 ("competent")

• 幹警／干警 ("cadre and police")

• 幹路／干路 ("main road")

• 幹道／干道 ("main road")

• 幹部／干部 ("cadre")

• 幹部學校／干部学校, 幹校／干校 ("cadre school")

• 幹頭兒／干头儿 ("worth")

• 樹幹／树干 ("tree trunk")

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Japanese

Kanji

幹

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: かん (kan)
• Kun: みき (miki), わざ (waza)

Compounds

• 新幹線 (しんかんせん) (shinkansen): bullet train
• 脳幹 (のうかん) (nōkan): brain stem

Etymology

Kanji in this term

幹

みき Grade: 5

kun'yomi

Originally a compound of 身 (mi, “body”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) み​き [míꜜkì] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [miki]

Noun

幹 (hiragana みき, romaji miki)

1. tree trunk
2. stalk
3. core, trunk, central portion

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Korean

Hanja

幹 (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune-Reischauer kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幹 (cán)

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