干

乹

ga̅n = g + an1

old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

干

亁

ga̅n = g + an1

variant of 乾|干[gan1]

干

ga̅n = g + an1

(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield

干

幹

gàn = g + an4

tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed

干 = 一 + 十 : Guy Fawkes (g) is working (干) out in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He's lifting a flute (一) in one hand and a cross (十) in the other.

干

乾

ga̅n = g + an1

dry / dried food / empty; hollow / taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster / futile; in vain / (dialect) rude; blunt / (dialect) to cold-shoulder

干 = 一 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: dried fruit.

Guy Fawkes (g) is drying (干) his clothes in front of the anthill (an1). He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross (十) and a flute (一). Waiting for his clothes to dry, he snacks dried fruit (mnemonic symbol for 干).

干 character breakdown

干
- 一
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

十

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

Characters with 干 as component

干

幹

gàn = g + an4

tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed

干 = 一 + 十 : Guy Fawkes (g) is working (干) out in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He's lifting a flute (一) in one hand and a cross (十) in the other.

刊

栞

ka̅n = k + an1

old variant of 刊[kan1] / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend

刊 = 刂 + 干 : Later in his life Karl Marx (k) turned more to the artsy side. He peeled (刊) dried fruits (干) with a kitchen knife (刂), squeezed the pulp into empty books and published (刊) them in front of the anthill (an1).

岸

㟁

àn = Ø + an4

variant of 岸[an4]

岸

àn = Ø + an4

bank; shore; beach; coast / CL:個|个[ge4]

岸 = 山 + 厂 + 干 : Albert Einstein (Ø) opened a popup store in the anthill's bathroom (an4). First, he heaped up a sandy beach (岸) and then set up dried fruits (干) moving into a chocolate factory (厂) on a conveyor belt. Now he's selling the chocolate covered dried fruits on forks (山).

举

舉

jǔ = ju + Ø3

to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed

举 = 兴 + 干 : In the space station Zeus eats some dried fruits as he suddenly finds a sea star in the bag. Baffled, he lifts up the sea star to have a closer look.

举

擧

jǔ = ju + Ø3

variant of 舉|举[ju3]

举 = 兴 + 干 : In the space station Zeus eats some dried fruits as he suddenly finds a sea star in the bag. Baffled, he lifts up the sea star to have a closer look.

罕

hǎn = h + an3

rare

罕 = ⺳ + 干 : Hamlet (h) caught very rare (罕) dried fruits (干) with a butterfly net (⺳) to share with his friends in the anthill's living room (an3).

厈

Character component without intrinsic meaning

轩

軒

xua̅n = xu + an1

pavilion with a view / high / tall / high fronted, curtained carriage (old)

轩

軒

xua̅n = xu + an1

surname Xuan

讦

訐

jié = ji + e2

to accuse / to pry

酐

ga̅n = g + an1

anhydride

幵

qia̅n = qi + an1

flat / level

Words with 干

大

dà

动

動

dòng

干

ga̅n

戈

ge̅

lit. to go to war (idiom) / fig. to make a big fuss over sth

大

dà

动

動

dòng

干

ga̅n

戈

ge̅

to go to war (idiom) / to make a big fuss over sth

大

dà

干

幹

gàn

to go all out / to work energetically

外

wài

强

強

qiáng

中

zho̅ng

干

乾

ga̅n

strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)

天

tia̅n

干

ga̅n

the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc

大

dà

便

biàn

干

乾

ga̅n

燥

zào

constipated

夹

夾