幹
Translingual
Han character
幹 (Kangxi radical 51, 干+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十十人一十 (JJOMJ), four-corner 48441, composition ⿰𠦝𫢉)
Derived characters
Related characters
- 榦 (Variant traditional form of 幹 in mainland China)
- 干 (Simplified form of 幹 in mainland China)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 341, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9183
- Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 409, character 9
- Unihan data for U+5E79
Chinese
| trad. | 幹 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 干* | |
| alternative forms | 榦／干 | |
Glyph origin
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaːns) : semantic 倝 + phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn).
Etymology 1
The vulgar sense entered Mandarin from Min Nan 姦／奸 (kàn), as 姦 shares the same pronunciation with 幹 in Min Nan.
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Pronunciation
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Definitions
- main part of something; body; trunk
- (colloquial) to do
- to work
- (vulgar) to fuck, to engage in sexual intercourse
- (vulgar) to kill
- (vulgar, chiefly Taiwan) to steal
- (vulgar, chiefly Taiwan) to blame, to condemn
Synonyms
Compounds
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gan
- Wade–Giles: kan1
- Yale: gān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gan
- Palladius: гань (ganʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
- just
- calm
- (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 干 (gān, “heavenly stem”).
- dead
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hán
- Wade–Giles: han2
- Yale: hán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harn
- Palladius: хань (xanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
- (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 韓／韩 (hán, “fence around well”).
Japanese
Kanji
幹
Readings
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 幹 |
| みき Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
Originally a compound of 身 (mi, “body”) + 木 (ki, “tree”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
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Noun
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 幹 |
| かん Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi |
From Middle Chinese 幹 (MC kanH).
Pronunciation
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Affix
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 幹細胞 (kansaibō): stem cell
- 新幹線 (shinkansen): bullet train
- 脳幹 (nōkan): brain stem
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
幹 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan)
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Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 幹 (cán)
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