gāngàn

interfere

Pictograph of a shield.

Evolution

干 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
干 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
干 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
干 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
干 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

gān

old variant of |[gān]

() 

gān

dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); clean; in vain; dried food; foster; adoptive; to ignore

() 

Gān

surname Gan

() 

gān

variant of |[gān]

 

gān

to concern; to interfere; shield; stem

() 

gàn

trunk of tree or of human body; tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar)

Most common words with 干
Freq.
Word
Meaning

tree trunk

干部

cadre

干什么

what are you doing?

干净

clean

干吗

whatever for?

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 22 characters (6 verified)

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