干

乾
Gan1
#353 most
frequent character
surname Gan

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

干 is a drawing of a hunting or military tool, so its first meaning was that tool. It grew to mean 'shield', then 'to interfere'. Later the same written form was borrowed for 'celestial stem' and for 'dry', just for its sound. In simplified Chinese it also stands for 幹 gàn 'to work' and 乾 gān 'to dry'.

Drawn as: hunting or military tool

干 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
刊
sound19 characters
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picture4 characters
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