幹 — Chinese character
幹
gàn
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
- Pinyin
- gàn
- Radical
- 51 ⼲ (Dry)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 龺 人 干
- Formation
- pictographic — Sunlight 龺 suggests "dry"; a club 人干 suggests "invade"
- Simplified
- 干
- Japanese
- 幹 as a kanji
幹 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 4 · Zhuangzi 2
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