gàn gān

to do; to work; to manage

HSK 3 #353

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 353rd character
Radical ⼲ (51.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 23
TRADITIONAL ,

Definitions

干 gàn
  1. 1. to do
  2. 2. to work
  3. 3. to manage
  4. 4. main part of sth
  5. 5. tree trunk
  6. 6. capable
  7. 7. cadre
  8. 8. to fuck (vulgar)
  9. 9. to kill (slang)
干 gān
  1. 1. dry
  2. 2. clean
  3. 3. to concern
  4. 4. to interfere
  5. 5. stem
  6. 6. dried food
  7. 7. to ignore
  8. 8. in vain
  9. 9. foster
  10. 10. adoptive
  11. 11. shield
  12. 12. surname Gan
  13. 13. variant of gān
  14. 14. old variant of gān

Stroke order

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Words containing 干

Word Meaning
clean; neat
Cheers! (proposing a toast); to drink a toast; Bottoms up!
cookie; biscuit; cracker
simply; straightforward; you might as well
to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); arid; uninteresting
capable; competent
erhua variant of gàn huó
to disturb; to interfere; interference (physics)
to interfere; to meddle; interference
to intervene; intervention; to meddle
enthusiasm for doing sth
ability; competence
a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?
drought; dry; arid
fig. backbone; diaphysis (long segment of a bone)
what are you doing?; what's he up to?
to get rid of
to work; to be employed
cheese
what brings you?; (polite) your business
dry cleaning; to dry clean
to work on one's own; to work single-handed
raisin; dried grape
stem cell
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