旱

hàn = h + an4

drought

旱 = 日 + 干 : Mnemonic symbol: a marmot, 旱獭.

Hamlet (h) used the drought (旱) to dry fruits (干) under the sun (日) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but the marmot (旱) secretly stole and ate all the dried fruits.

旱 character breakdown

旱
- 干
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨
- 日
  - 一
  - 囗

干

乹

ga̅n = g + an1

old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

干 = 一 + 十 : Guy Fawkes is drying his clothes in front of the anthill. He hangs them on a large construction made from a cross and a flute. Waiting for his clothes to dry, he heats some dried fruits.

干

乾

ga̅n = g + an1

surname Gan

干

乾

ga̅n = g + an1

dry / clean / in vain / dried food / foster / adoptive / to ignore

干

亁

ga̅n = g + an1

variant of 乾|干[gan1]

干

ga̅n = g + an1

surname Gan

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 is doing some workout in the anthill's bathroom. He's lifting a flute in the one hand and a cross in the other.

日

rì = r + Ø4

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

日

rì = r + Ø4

sun / day / date, day of the month

日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

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

Characters with 旱 as component

赶

趕

gǎn = g + an3

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)

赶

趕

gǎn = g + an3

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 = 干 + 走 : 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.

杆

桿

gǎn = g + an3

stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns

杆 = 干 + 木 : Guy Fawkes (g) is putting up Christmas decorations in the anthill (an3). He is using a stick (杆) to put dried fruits (干) on top of the Christmas tree (木).

焊

釬

hàn = h + an4

variant of 焊[han4]

焊

銲

hàn = h + an4

variant of 焊[han4]

焊

hàn = h + an4

to weld / to solder

捍