干
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield
干 character breakdown
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.
Characters with 干 as component
south
南
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十
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冂
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丷
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干
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Napoleon and the mean crocodile met in the anthill's kitchen to discuss a secret plan. The mean crocodile found a map which leads to a treasure of dried fruits. Napoleon and the mean crocodile agree to follow the map and claim the dried fruits, but each of them has his own secret agenda: Napoleon wants to claim the land and put up his big cross, and the crocodile just wants to relax under a palm tree.
surname Ping
平
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丷
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干
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Mnemonic symbol: a pan (平底锅) as it has a very flat and level surface.
Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).
Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
平
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丷
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干
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Mnemonic symbol: a pan (平底锅) as it has a very flat and level surface.
Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).
Pocahontas (pi) is fighting with a crocodile (丷) just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She's throwing so many dried fruits (干) at it that it's totally flat (平) soon. She gives it a last blow striking with a frying pan (平).
fortunate / lucky
幸
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土
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丷
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干
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Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.
Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).
Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).
trusted / intimate / (of the emperor) to visit / variant of 幸[xing4]
幸
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土
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丷
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干
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Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.
Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).
Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).
surname Xing
幸
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土
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丷
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干
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Mnemonic symbol: a fortune cookie.
Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).
Marie Curie (xi) got a job as the host in a game show in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Her guest is a crocodile with mean eyes (丷), and the crocodile has to choose one of three doors. He chooses one door, and Marie opens another one, behind which is just a pile of dirt (土). The whole audience then tells him to change his decision to increase his chance of winning to 50%, but he doesn't. Marie Curie then opens his doors and luckily (幸) it was the right one: behind it is the fortune cookie (幸). The crocodile's prize is a bag of dried fruits (干).
to overtake / to catch up with / to hurry / to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward / to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until
赶
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干
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走
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Guy Fawkes (g) is taking part in a nordic walking (走) marathon. The route leads through the anthill (an3) and inside there are lots of dried fruits (干) in the bar for the walkers. As Guy Fawkes passes through, he hurriedly (赶) prongs a lot of dried fruit onto his nordic walking poles (走) before the bar owner rushes (赶) him out.
to overtake; to catch up with / to hurry; to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until; by (a certain time)
to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)
奉
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丰
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㇏
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干
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Frankenstein's Monster (f) has been locked into a golden cage (丰) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) for several days now. His captors are worshiping (奉) and serving (奉) him though and often offer (奉) dried fruits (干) which they give him from a proper distance using a long finger (㇏).
Words with 干
lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced; still wet behind the ears
a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm