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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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    dry (for )
    second, rank second; second of the ten heavenly stems; used for an unspecified person or thing (for )
    ten (for )
'干' is part of the following simplified words:
 乱 刊 刮 啈 啥 圉 坪 奸 婞 岸 平 幸 怦 恬 悍 悻 扞 抨 括 捍 擀 敌 旰 旱 杆 枰 栝 汗 泽 活 焊 犴 猞 玕 瓡 甜 睾 矸 砰 秆 秤 竿 筈 罕 聒 肝 舌 舍 舐 舒 舔 苹 蛞 衎 讦 赶 轩 酐 釬 顸 骭 鼾 评 话 辞 适 铦 鲆 鸹
'干' is part of the following traditional words:
 漧

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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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gān shè
v. intervene
gān yù
v. to intervene, to intrude
gān xǐ
v. to dry clean
xiāng gān
v. have to do with, be concerned with
tiān gān
n. the Heavenly Stems (or "Celestial Stems"), a Chinese system of ordinals
gān háo
v. to cry aloud but shed no tears