Memory phrase for the Kanji: 干


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Meaning

dry, clean, tree trunk, to concern

Pronunciation

gān, gàn

Explanation

Pictograph of a drying rail (laundry rack)

Mnemonic

On the drying rack it becomes dry.

Radicals

dry
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Vocabulary

 干什么  gàn shén me  what are you doing?; what's he up to?
 乌干达  Wū gān dá  Uganda
 干脆  gān cuì  straightforward; clear-cut; blunt (e.g. statement); you might as well; simply
 干枯  gān kū  withered; dried up
 躯干  qū gàn  trunk; torso
 饼干  bǐng gān  biscuit; cracker; cookie
 晒干  shài gān  to dry in the sun
 干酪  gān lào  cheese
 干瘪  gān biě  dried out; wizened; shriveled
 干涸  gān hé  to dry up
 干涸  gān hé  
 干涸  gān hé  

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