干 (gon1 | gan1) : offend; interfere; concern

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干

gon1

gan1

[1] [v] offend; violate; affront
[2] [v] interfere; interrupt; trouble
[3] [v] concern; involve; have to do with
[4] [n] heavenly stems | [antonym] (地)支
[5] [n] [archaic] shield

干 is also the simplified form for 乾, 幹 and 榦.

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Stroke count: 3

Level: 2

Radical: 干 (#51)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

干

Don't confuse with:
千于

This word has been viewed 10563 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Feb 2011 06:05

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冇相干 mou5 soeng1 gon1 = never mind 粵

不相干 bat1 soeng1 gon1 bu4 xiang1 gan1 = irrelevant 國

干戈 gon1 gwo1 gan1 ge1 = warfare

干涉 gon1 sip3 gan1 she4 = to interfere

相干 soeng1 gon1 xiang1 gan1 = connection, relationship

干擾 gon1 jiu2 gan1 rao3 = disturb; interfere; jam

若干 joek6 gon1 ruo4 gan1 = a certain amount of; how many/how much? [粵]: 些少

干預 gon1 jyu6 gan1 yu4 = to meddle

干邑酒 gon1 jap1 zau2 = cognac

干邑 gon1 jap1 = cognac
See all 26 compounds (CantoDict reports 29 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 干
Unicode code for this character: U+5e72 (off-site link)

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