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Character Decomposition
干=一+十
Etymology
A club or axe
Meanings2 pronunciations
gān
dry
dried food
empty; hollow
taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
futile; in vain
(dialect) rude; blunt
(dialect) to cold-shoulder
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 tiān gān
(archaic) shield
surname Gan
surname Gan
gàn
tree trunk
main part of sth
to manage
to work
to do
capable
cadre
to kill (slang)
to fuck (vulgar)
(coll.) pissed off
annoyed
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Words with 干 856 total
to air-dry · to season (timber etc) · air-dried · air-drying风干fēng gāncadre · official · officer · manager干部gàn bùability · capable干才gàn cáicapability · capable person干材gàn cáidried vegetable干菜gān càihay干草gān cǎocandid · direct and to the point · simply · just · might as well干脆gān cuìarterial road · main road · main watercourse干道gàn dàoto get rid of干掉gàn diàoadoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)干爹gān diēadopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)干儿gān ér(formal) to transgress; to encroach upon干犯gān fànplain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)干饭gān fàndry powder干粉gān fěnincome provided by a sinecure干俸gān fèng
Idioms with 干 92 total Chain
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