Memory phrase for the character: 干

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

干 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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