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

捍

扞

hàn = h + an4

variant of 捍[han4]

捍 = 扌 + 旱 : A marmot (旱) wants to cuddle with Hamlet (h) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but Hamlet wards (捍) the marmot off with a toy claw (扌).

秆

稈

gǎn = g + an3

stalks of grain

邗

hán = h + an2

name of an ancient river

幷

bìng = bi + (e)ng4

variant of 並|并[bing4] / variant of 併|并[bing4]

拝

bài = b + ai4

Japanese variant of 拜[bai4]

玕

ga̅n = g + an1

(inferior gem)

衎

kàn = k + an4

pleased

旰

gàn = g + an4

sunset / evening

犴

àn = Ø + an4

jail

矸

ga̅n = g + an1

a rock or cliff

Words with 干

单

單

da̅n

干

幹

gàn

to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming

公

go̅ng

干

幹

gàn

public business / official work

埋

mái

头

頭

tóu

苦

kǔ

干

幹

gàn

to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work

何

hé

干

ga̅n

what business?

包

ba̅o

干

乾

ga̅n

to have the full responsibility of a job / allocated task

十

shí

天

tia̅n

干

ga̅n

the ten 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 number like Roman I, II, III)

十

shí

干

ga̅n

same as 天干 / the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)

口

kǒu

干

乾

ga̅n

舌

shé