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Kanji Detail for 干 - "dry, shield, relate"

  • Meaning

    干 means "dry, shield, relate."

    1. Dry - To remove moisture; to desiccate.

    2. Shield - A defensive weapon; protection.

    3. Relate - To concern; to involve.

    4. Seek - To pursue; to desire.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dry; parch; ebb; recede; interfere; intercede

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    oppose, offend; invade; dried

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 乾|干[gan1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To offend. Such as 干犯, 干冒. | To seek. Seeking salary is 干祿. Making requests is 干求. | A shield. Made of leather. Used in battle to ward off weapons. | To defend. Such as 干城, meaning ministers who defend the state, like shields protecting the body. | A riverbank. Such as 河干, 江干. | A stem. 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 are the ten stems. Also written as 十幹. Like the trunk and branches of a tree. | To be related to. 相干 is like saying "related to." Also the meaning of offending. | Individual. 若干 is an indefinite number, like "how many."
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