乾[干] gān
adjective
: dry; dried food
: clean
: in vain
: foster; adoptive
: to ignore
乾[干] qián
noun
: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven (sky)
: male principle
: ☰ first symbol in the I Ching: “the Creative”
干 gān
verb
: to concern; to interfere
: shield
: stem
幹 [干] gàn
verb
: tree trunk
: main part of something
: to manage; to work; to do
: capable
: cadre
: to kill (slang)
: to fuck (vulgar)
Kun Reading
乾 OR 干 | ほし hoshi
noun | noun prefix
: drying; dried
乾す OR 干す | ほす hosu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to air; to dry; to desiccate
: to drain (off)
: to drink up
: to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)
干る | ひる hiru
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to dry
乾く | かわく kawaku
godan verb with ku ending | intransitive verb
: to get dry
乾せる | かせる kaseru
ichidan verb
: to dry up; to scab; to slough
: to be poisoned (with lacquer)
: (Archaism) to waste away
幹 | みき miki OR から kara
ichidan verb
: (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
On Reading
乾 | けん ken
noun
: qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
幹 | かん kan
noun
: (tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
