干

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/干

Related characters

 * ( of  干 )

Glyph origin
– a pestle or a weapon, since it can mean "shield" (午, which is similar, is a pestle).

Also borrowed phonetically as a simplification of (dry) and.

Etymology 1
Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with,. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) to concern; to be implicated in; implication
 * 2)  a shield
 * 3)  to request; to ask
 * 4)  to offend; to encroach on
 * 5)  to interfere; to intervene
 * 6)  bank; edge of water bodies
 * 7) 8th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "opposition" (𝌍)
 * 8) group (of people)
 * 9) A place in modern Yangzhou.
 * 10)  in vain; for nothing
 * 1) 8th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "opposition" (𝌍)
 * 2) group (of people)
 * 3) A place in modern Yangzhou.
 * 4)  in vain; for nothing
 * 1) A place in modern Yangzhou.
 * 2)  in vain; for nothing
 * 1)  in vain; for nothing
 * 1)  in vain; for nothing
 * 1)  in vain; for nothing
 * 1)  in vain; for nothing
 * 1)  in vain; for nothing
 * 1)  in vain; for nothing

Definitions

 * 1) to defend
 * 2) to establish

Etymology 1
From.

Affix

 * 1) shield
 * 2) interfere, invade

Derived terms

 * shield
 * interfere, invade
 * interfere, invade

Etymology 2
.

Affix

 * 1) dry

Noun

 * 1)  dry

Hanja

 * 1) shield