干 — Chinese character
干
gàn
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
- Pinyin
- gàn
- Radical
- 51 ⼲ (Dry)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 一 十
- Formation
- pictographic — A club or axe
- Traditional
- 乾 幹
- Japanese
- 干 as a kanji
Common words with 干
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干净 (乾淨) | gān jìng | clean; neat |
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn má | what are you doing?; whatever for? |
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 干扰 (干擾) | gān rǎo | to disturb; to interfere |
| 干涉 | gān shè | to interfere; to meddle |
| 干预 (干預) | gān yù | to meddle; to intervene |
| 干什么 (幹什麼) | gàn shén me | what are you doing?; what's he up to? |
| 干脆 (乾脆) | gān cuì | candid; direct and to the point |
| 干燥 (乾燥) | gān zào | (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry |
| 骨干 (骨幹) | gǔ gàn | diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone |
| 干线 (幹線) | gàn xiàn | main line; trunk line |
English words written with 干
干 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 4 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 13
- Analects 2.18
- Analects 16.1
- Analects 18.1
- Analects 18.9
- Hexagram 53
- Mencius 1B.5
- Mencius 2A.1
- Mencius 2B.12
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