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

干 stroke order diagram
干 stroke order animation

Words containing 干

Word Meaning
Songtsen Gampo’s tomb in Tibet
Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
Jianggan district of Hangzhou city háng zhōu shì, Zhejiang
Jianggan district of Hangzhou city háng zhōu shì, Zhejiang
to totally stop doing something; to reform one's ways
to run dry; to drain
Durkheim
Durkheim
fig. consuming passion between lovers
Uganda
clothes dryer
to dry over a fire; to roast
to have nothing to do with
to have nothing to do with
hot dry noodles
jerky; dried beef; charqui
to tie in to
strong white rice wine; alcoholic spirit
dry eye syndrome; xeropthalmia (medicine)
top-notch efficiency
intelligent and capable (idiom)
secretary-general
brain stem
unpaid pro-government internet supporter
stem; stalk