Character

干

gàn HSK 4

gān HSK 3

干 gàn HSK 4

1. main body or core part of something
2. cadre (official or administrator)
3. to do (work)
4. capable, competent
5. to hold a position, to engage in
6. (dial.) to go wrong, to turn bad
7. trunk of a tree

Words using 干 as gàn (9)

干 gān HSK 3

1. shield (ancient weapon)
2. a surname
3. (lit., class.) to offend, to provoke
4. to involve, to be related to
5. (lit., class.) to seek (a position or salary)
6. (lit.) bank, waterside
7. the Heavenly Stems (甲乙丙丁戊己庚辛壬癸), used for ordering and dating
8. dry, lacking moisture (opposite of 湿)
9. not using water, waterless
10. dried food product
11. empty, having nothing
12. merely formal, not genuine
13. adoptive or nominal (family relationship)
14. in vain, abruptly (adverb)
15. (dial.) blunt and straightforward (not tactful)
16. (dial.) to say cutting or complaining words to someone's face to embarrass them
17. (dial.) to cold-shoulder, to ignore
18. a group (measure word for people)
19. dried up, desiccated

Words using 干 as gān (14)

Structure & writing

干 gān — shield (ancient weapon)

Xpinyin

干 is a component in 15 characters

HSK 1

午 wǔ the seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

HSK 3

南 nán south (one of the four cardinal directions, opposite of north) 平 píng flat; level; even (like the surface of still water)

HSK 4

幸 xìng happy; fortunate 汗 hàn sweat; perspiration secreted by the skin 赶 gǎn to chase; to arrive in time

HSK 6

刊 kān to delete and revise 岸 àn shore; bank; coast (of a river, lake, sea, etc.) 旱 hàn drought; dry (opposite of 涝) 罕 hǎn rare; scarce 肝 gān liver (digestive organ in humans and higher animals)

HSK 7

凿 záo chisel (a hand tool with a blade for carving or boring) 奸 jiān hypocritical and cunning 杆 gǎn the slender, rod-like part of an object (including hollow ones) 竿 gān bamboo pole, the main stem of bamboo

干 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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