Chinese Character 幹 Meanings and components.

Form

幹

Meaning

幹 meaning[3] in English

Tree Trunk.

Main Part Of Sth.

To Manage.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 幹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are dawn (archaic) (倝) , and old variant of … (干)

Its radical[1] is: 干 (gan4) which means: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1], .干gan4old variant …

In cangjie it is written with JJOMJ

How to write 幹

To write幹gan4tree trunk you should write a combination of 倝gan4dawn (archaic) , 干gan4old variant … arranged in a 回 shape:

倝 + 干 = 幹

幹 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 幹 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 幹, looks as follow:

幹
Pinyin:gan4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Tree Trunk . Main Part Of Sth . To Manage . To Work . To Do . Capable . Cadre . To Kill (Slang) . To Fuck (Vulgar)
倝
Pinyin:gan4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dawn (Archaic)
𠦝
Pinyin:𠦝5 Shape:*
卓
Pinyin:zhuo2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhuo
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu
早
Pinyin:zao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Early . Morning . Good Morning! . Long Ago . Prematurely
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
干
Pinyin:gan4
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 乾|干[Gan1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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