Zi:干

干 [gān] trunk/stem (​树干, ​天干); 干​涉 interfere; (radical 51, 干​部); (F​乾) dry/dried; (F​幹) (HDC:) ​幹​枝, ​命​幹, ​支​幹, … [gàn] (F​幹) do/work [àn] ​豻 [hán] (F​幹) ​韓/​榦, (HDC:) ​井​幹

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹gàn* ​干[​幹] {A} b.f. ①trunk ►shùgàn 树干 ②main body ►gànxiàn 干线 ◆v. ①do; work ‖ Wǒmen ∼ qǐlai ba! 我们∼起来吧! Let's get started! ‖ Wǒmen yīnggāi bǎ zhège gōngzuò ∼ dàodǐ. 我们应该把这个工作∼到底。 We have to carry this job through to completion. ②hold the post of ③fight ‖ Wǒmen děi gēn dírén ∼ dàodǐ. 我们得跟敌人∼到底。 We have to fight the enemy to the bitter end. ◆ab. gànbù
►¹gān ​干[​乾] {B} s.v. ①dry ‖ Yīfu ∼ le. 衣服∼了。 The clothes have dried. ②hollow ◆adv. ①for nothing; in vain ②helplessly ‖ ∼ zháojí, méi bànfǎ. ∼着急, 没办法。 Worry helplessly without any solutions ③only; simply
►²gān ​干 {E} v. have to do with; be implicated in; involve ‖ Yǔ tā hé ∼? 与他何∼? What has this to do with him? ◆b.f. ①shield ►gāngē 干戈 ②Heavenly Stems ►tiāngān 天干

The character 干 is an old character, today still used with some of its old meanings, and also used as the simple form of both ​乾 gān ‘dry’, and ​幹 gàn ‘do/work; post/pile’.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 干 gān ‘offend/invade’ is said to combine ​入 rù ‘enter/invade’ (inverted), with a horizontal stroke ​一 representing the one (person/thing/ground/territory) entered/invaded: ​入 is inverted in order to indicate upward offense, against a superior (DYC); cf. ​𢆉 rěn ‘stab/rob/offend’.
    Compare: ​矢 shǐ ‘arrow’, in which ​入 rù ‘arrowhead’ (​镞 zú); and so 干 represents an arrow/arrowhead (or spearhead) shot/stuck/planted into the ground (territory held by military force); cf. ​至.
    Compare: ​臿(​𦥫) chā ‘to hull grain’, in which ​千/干 gān ‘pestle’, ​臼 jiù ‘mortar’ (pestle rammed into an earthen hole/mortar).
    Compare: ​午 wǔ, as in ​杵 chǔ ‘pestle’ (​杵​臼 ‘mortar and pestle’); ​舂(​𦦓) chōng ‘pound/thresh (grain)’.
    Compare: ​竿 gān ‘pole’, also wr. ​杆; ​榦(​𣘒) gàn ‘tree trunk; post/pile’, later wr. ​幹.
    Compare: ​𣎴 è/niè ‘tree stump’; ​不(​𠀚) fū ‘(botany) thalamus/calyx’ (​柎, said to be related to ​𣎴 è).
    Compare: ​舌 shé ‘tongue’, in which the top 干 gān (phonosemantic) in old graphs may be ​矢 shǐ (phonetic) inverted.
    Compare: ​函(​圅) hán ‘tongue (in the mouth)’, in which a shape like ​𢆉 depicts a ‘tongue’; ​㐁(​𠀬) tiàn/tiǎn ‘tongue/lick’.
    Older graphs associated with 干 are thought to depict a forked stick/pole/spear (cf. ​丫) used in hunting/fishing/warfare; later wr. ​竿, ​杆, ​幹/​榦.
    “[干] tree-stem used as battering ram or pestle” —Karlgren(1923). [ “stem” → trunk; cf. ​幹 below ]
    “[干] represents a pestle. Compare ​午. By extension, to grind, to destroy; morally, to oppose, to offend against; blunt arms, offence, injury, etc.” —Wieger.
    Note: The full-form character ​乾 gān ‘dry’ is used among simple-form characters only for ​乾 qián (☰); cf. ​乾(​𠄃​𠄊).
    HDZ: 干 : gān : (​甲​骨) ​桠​叉​的​木​棒 (cf. ​丫); (​古)(​兵​器​名) ​盾: ​用​来​挡​住​刀​箭, ​卫​护​自​身​的​兵​器 (cf. ​𢧀); ​触​犯, ​冒​犯; ​扰​乱, 干​扰; ​求​取, 干​求 (cf. ​请​求); 干​预, 干​涉; ​关​涉; ​岸: ​水​畔 (SJ: ​斯干); (​量​词) ​个, ​伙, ​帮; (​江​南) ​山​垅/​垄​之​间​的​地​段; ​涧 (jiàn); ​乾 ((ant. ​湿); ​空, ​白​白​地); ​矸: ​砂​石; (​国​名) (​邗: ​吴​国; (​古) 干​国); (​姓); (​简​体) ​乾; cf. ​幹/​榦 (​天干) • gàn : ​扞/​捍: ​捍​卫; ​立, ​建​立; (​简​体) ​幹 • àn : ​豻: ​胡​地​野​狗
    HDC: 干​支 : gānzhī : (​初​作) ​幹​枝: ​天干​和​地​支​的​合​称 (cf. ​幹​枝)
►references: Guǎngyùn:122.37; Wieger:102a; Karlgren:AD296,299,GSR139a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.405.5; Mathews:3211; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:339.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:002.0.05; Wáng(1993):64; EDOC:1
►components: ​二​丨​
►Cantonese: gon\
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Unicode: U+5E72
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