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干
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
实干
shígàn
to work industriously
干戈
gāngē
weapons of war
公干
gōnggàn
public business
天干
tiāngān
the 10 heavenly stems [[甲<jiǎ>]], [[乙<yǐ>]], [[丙<bǐng>]], [[丁<dīng>]], [[戊<wù>]], [[己<jǐ>]], [[庚<gēng>]], [[辛<xīn>]], [[壬<rén>]], [[癸<guǐ>]], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
巧干
qiǎogàn
to work resourcefully
干宝
GānBǎo
Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural [[搜神記|搜神记<SōushénJì>]]
干贝
gānbèi
conpoy
何干
hégān
what business?
吹干
chuīgān
to blow-dry
大干
dàgàn
to go all out
审干
shěngàn
to examine the cadres
射干
shègān
blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis)
干系
gānxì
responsibility
干冰
gānbīng
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2)
干号
gānháo
to cry out loud without tears
干姜
gānjiāng
dried ginger
干衣
gānyī
drysuit (diving)
干透
gāntòu
to dry out
干货
gānhuò
dry goods
十干
shígān
same as [[天干]]
Alternate Entries
干
gān
old variant of [[乾|干<gān>]]
HSK 4
干
Gān
surname Gan
HSK 4
干
gān
dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore
HSK 4
干
gān
variant of [[乾|干<gān>]]
HSK 4
干
gàn
tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar)
HSK 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 352
- Word Frequency Rank
- 97 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 51