干

gān, gàn

(gàn) to do; to work; to manage; to pursue; trunk; main part; (gān) dry; dried; empty; to run out; to concern; adoptive or sworn (relative)

Radical: 十 HSK 1 v, a pictographic

Components & Etymology

干 decomposes into the following components:

一 十

Words containing 干

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 干.

主干
zhǔ gàn
trunk
何干
hé gān
what business?
余干
yú gān
Yugan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
公干
gōng gàn
public business
冻干
dòng gān
包干
bāo gān
an allocated task
十干
shí gān
same as 天干
单干
dān gàn
to work on one's own
吹干
chuī gān
to blow-dry
大干
dà gàn
天干
tiān gān
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
实干
shí gàn
on the job

Related characters (radical 十)

Characters that share the radical 十.

丧 十 卂 千 卄 卅 升 午 卉 半 卌 华 协 卑 卒 卓 協 卖 南 博 啬 颦

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