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幹
gàn
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
📷 Pictographic:
Sunlight 龺 suggests "dry"; a club 人干 suggests "invade"
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龺
gān
sunlight; the rays of the sun
人
rén
man, person; people
干
gàn
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
⿰龺⿱人干
i
Stroke Order
Component Tree i
yī
一
one; a, an; alone
💡 Ideographic:
Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1
1 strokes
HSK 1
Words Using 幹 (76)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
干
↗
gàn
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar)
4
gàn
干
↗
HSK 4
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar)
能干
↗
nénggàn
capable / competent
5
nénggàn
能干
↗
HSK 5
capable / competent
干活儿
↗
gànhuór
to work / manual labor
5
gànhuór
干活儿
↗
HSK 5
to work / manual labor
才干
↗
cáigàn
ability / competence
6
cáigàn
才干
↗
HSK 6
ability / competence
骨干
↗
gǔgàn
diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
6
gǔgàn
骨干
↗
HSK 6
diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
干劲
↗
gànjìn
enthusiasm for doing sth
6
gànjìn
干劲
↗
HSK 6
enthusiasm for doing sth
干掉
↗
gàndiào
to get rid of
gàndiào
干掉
↗
to get rid of
大干
↗
dàgàn
to go all out / to work energetically
dàgàn
大干
↗
to go all out / to work energetically
干部
↗
gànbù
cadre
gànbù
干部
↗
cadre
主干
↗
zhǔgàn
trunk / main / core
zhǔgàn
主干
↗
trunk / main / core