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干
乾
gān
char. without water; hollowly, without real meaning; to offend, to interfere; to concern; heavenly stem
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Other meanings
[gàn]v. do, work; do... as a profession, work as...
[gān]adj. dry; empty, void; adoptive
[gān]adv. in vain
[gān]n. dried food
[gān]radical. dry
[gàn]char. trunk, main part; cadre; able; capability
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
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干 dry (for 干)乙 second, rank second; second of the ten heavenly stems; used for an unspecified person or thing (for 乾)十 ten (for 乾)
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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干涉
干涉
gān shè
v. intervene
干预
干預
gān yù
v. to intervene, to intrude
干洗
乾洗
gān xǐ
v. to dry clean
相干
相干
xiāng gān
v. have to do with, be concerned with
天干
天干
tiān gān
n. the Heavenly Stems (or "Celestial Stems"), a Chinese system of ordinals