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Character Decomposition
干=一+十
Etymology
A club or axe
Meanings
surname Gan
dry
dried food
empty; hollow
taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
futile; in vain
(dialect) rude; blunt
(dialect) to cold-shoulder
surname Gan
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Words with 干 856 total
to air-dry · to season (timber etc) · air-dried · air-drying风干fēng gāncadre · official · officer · manager干部gàn bùability · capable干才gàn cáicapability · capable person干材gàn cáidried vegetable干菜gān càihay干草gān cǎocandid · direct and to the point · simply · just · might as well干脆gān cuìarterial road · main road · main watercourse干道gàn dào