干 (gān): meaning and stroke order

干 (gān) means old variant of 干, surname Gan, dry, dried food, empty; hollow.

干

Simplified: 干
Traditional: 乹, 乾, 亁, 干, 幹
Pinyin: gān · gàn

Stroke order of 干

干

gān old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
Gān surname Gan
gān dry; dried food
3 strokes
Traditional form: 乹

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 干

gān Traditional 乹
- old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
Gān Traditional 乾
- surname Gan
gān Traditional 乾
- dry
- dried food
- empty; hollow
- taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
- futile; in vain
- (dialect) rude; blunt
- (dialect) to cold-shoulder
gān Traditional 亁
- variant of 乾|干[gan1]
Gān
- surname Gan
gān
- (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
- one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]
- (archaic) shield
gàn Traditional 幹
- tree trunk
- main part of sth
- to manage
- to work
- to do
- capable
- cadre
- to kill (slang)
- to fuck (vulgar)
- (coll.) pissed off
- annoyed

Radical and structure

干: Radical 干 (Kangxi radical 51) · 3 strokes · 一 on top, 十 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 干

干活 gàn huó to work; to be employed
干净 gān jìng clean; neat
干脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point
干涸 gān hé to dry up
干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to?

干 in our stories

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小龙没有水，身体很干，一点儿也不能动。

xiǎo lóng méiyǒu shuǐ shēntǐ hěn gān yìdiǎnr yě bù néng dòng

The little dragon had no water; its body was dry and it could not move at all.

From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
学校图书馆最近出了一件怪事：每个星期一早上，还书箱里都会多出一本旧书，书里夹着一朵干花。

xuéxiào túshūguǎn zuìjìn chū le yí jiàn guàishì měi gè xīngqīyī zǎoshang huánshūxiāng lǐ dōu huì duō chū yì běn jiù shū shū lǐ jiā zhe yì duǒ gān huā

Something odd had been happening at the university library: every Monday morning there was an extra old book in the return box, with a dried flower pressed inside.

From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5
她想起老师傅说过的一个古老方法：用米汤写字，干了以后什么也看不见，只有刷上碘酒，字才会显出来。

tā xiǎng qǐ lǎo shīfu shuō guò de yí gè gǔlǎo fāngfǎ yòng mǐtāng xiě zì gān le yǐhòu shénme yě kàn bú jiàn zhǐyǒu shuā shàng diǎnjiǔ zì cái huì xiǎn chūlai

She remembered an old method her teacher had described: words written in rice water become invisible when they dry, and only appear when brushed with iodine.

From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 干

The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
Flowers in the book return HSK 5
Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).