Zi:幹

幹(S​干) [gàn] do/work; tree trunk; (HDZ:) (​古) ​榦 (driven) posts/piles (of wooden walls); … [gān] ​正; ​安; ​天​干/​榦; ​乾, … [gǎn] ​擀 [hán] ​韓/​榦 well fence [guǎn] ​管

One monosyllabic entry 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

The full-form character 幹 gàn ‘tree trunk; post/pile’ combines ​倝 gàn (phonosemantic), and ​干 gàn (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​榦(​𣘒), cf. ​倝.
    Note: ​树​干=​樹幹 shùgàn ‘tree trunk’, ​主​干/幹 zhǔgàn ‘tree trunk’.
    Compare: ​稈 gǎn ‘stalk of grain’, also wr. ​秆.
    Note: 幹 gàn ‘tree trunk; (drive/driven) posts/piles (of wooden walls); drive (into earth/etc.); work/do; etc.’.
    Note: 幹​楨: 幹 gàn ‘posts/piles’ (supporting members driven into the ground, on either side of the wall boards); ​楨 zhēn ‘posts/piles’ (driven into the ground, at each end of the wall).
    Note: (​诗) (​韓​奕) ​榦​不​庭​方、​以​佐​戎​辟 “Be a support against those princes who do not come to court, Thus assisting your sovereign.” (Legge)
    “[幹] Trunk of a tree; (wood material, manufacture:) to work, make, do, manage; work, occupation; ability” —Karlgren(1923).
    HDZ: 幹 : gàn : ​榦: ​筑​墙​板 (​榦​楨); ​凡​物​在​两​旁​者; ​脅/​胁, ​从​两​腋​下​到​肋​骨​尽​处​的​部​位 (​馬​脅); ​草​木​的​茎 (​莖幹); ​做​弓/​箭/​箫​等​主​体​部​分​的​材​料 (​箭幹); ​躯​体; ​事​物​的​主​体​或​正​宗 (䷀ ​貞​者, ​事​之幹​也); ​才​能, ​才​干; ​强; ​志​节, ​器​量; ​事​情 (​有​何​贵​干?); ​从​事​某​项​活​动 (​干​事, ​干​革​命, ​干​会​计​工​作, ​干​修​理​行​业); ​谋​求; (​古) ​官​吏​雇​的​奴​仆 (​童幹, 幹​僮); ​用; ​助; (​姓) • gān : ​正; ​安; ​干/​榦: (​简​称) ​天​干 (cf. ​天​干​地​支); ​乾: ​干​枯; ​死, ​完​了; ​擀 (gǎn): ​用​棍​棒​碾​压, ​或​用​手​伸​物 • hán : ​韓/​榦: ​井​上​垣​栏 • guǎn : ​管: ​主​管
    HDC: 幹​楨 : ​筑​墙​所​用​的​主​柱 (幹: ​竖​在​两​旁​的; ​楨: ​竖​在​两​端​的); ​支​柱, ​支​撑
    HDC: 幹​枝 : gānzhī : ​干​支: (​合​称) ​天​干​和​地​支 (​甲, ​丙, ​戊, ​庚, ​壬; ​子, ​寅, ​辰, ​午, ​申, ​戌), (​乙, ​丁, ​己, ​辛, ​癸; ​丑, ​卯, ​巳, ​未, ​酉, ​亥) ​共​成​六​十​组, ​用​以​纪​年、​月、​日, ​周​而​复​始, ​循​环​使​用, ​最​初​用​来​纪​日, ​后​多​用​来​纪​年, ​现​农​历​仍​用​之 (cf. ​天​干​地​支)
    HDC: ​甲　​丙　​戊　​庚　​壬　　　 (​天​干)
    HDC: 　​乙　​丁　​己　​辛　​癸　　 (​天​干)
    HDC: ​子　​寅　​辰　​午　​申　​戌　 (​地​支)
    HDC: 　​丑　​卯　​巳　​未　​酉　​亥 (​地​支)
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​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: Karlgren:GSR140d; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.409.9; Mathews:3235; Guǎngyùn:401.27; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:341.09; EDOC:1
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