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乾

gān

arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)

💡 Ideographic: Rays 十 emanating from the 日; 乞 provides the pronunciation
HSK 11 strokes Common (20%)
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Component Breakdown

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龺
gān
sunlight; the rays of the sun
乞
qǐ
to beg; to request
⿰龺乞 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

gān
龺
sunlight; the rays of the sun
8 strokes
qǐ
乞
to beg; to request
3 strokes HSK 6

Words Using 乾 (121)

gānjìng
干净 ↗
HSK 3
clean / neat
Gān
干 ↗
HSK 4
surname Gan
gān
干 ↗
HSK 4
dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore
gānbēi
干杯 ↗
HSK 4
to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup
bǐnggān
饼干 ↗
HSK 4
biscuit / cracker / cookie / CL:[[片<piàn>]], [[塊|块<kuài>]]
gāncuì
干脆 ↗
HSK 5
straightforward / clear-cut / blunt (e.g. statement) / you might as well / simply
gānzào
干燥 ↗
HSK 5
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc) / desiccation / dull / uninteresting / arid
gānhàn
干旱 ↗
HSK 6
drought / arid / dry
qián
乾 ↗
one of the Eight Trigrams [[八卦<bāguà>]], symbolizing heaven / male principle / [[☰]]
Qián
乾 ↗
surname Qian
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