幹

See also: 干 and 榦
幹 U+5E79, 幹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E79
← 幸
[U+5E78]
CJK Unified Ideographs 幺 →
[U+5E7A]

Translingual

Han character

幹 (Kangxi radical 51, 干+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十十人一十 (JJOMJ), four-corner 48441, composition ⿰𠦝𫢉)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 341, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9183
  • Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 409, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+5E79

Chinese

trad. 幹
simp. 干*
alternative forms 榦/干
𫢉

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kaːns) : semantic 倝 + phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn).

Etymology 1

The vulgar sense entered Mandarin from Hokkien 姦/奸 (kàn), as 姦 shares the same pronunciation with 幹 in Hokkien.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • gáng - literary;
  • guāng - colloquial.

Rime
Character 幹
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 古案切
Baxter kanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kanH/
Li
Rong
/kɑnH/
Wang
Li
/kɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gon3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幹
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gàn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kanH ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]ˁar-s/
English stem; framework

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 幹
Reading # 1/1
No. 3587
Phonetic
component
干
Rime
group
元
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
旰
Old
Chinese
/*kaːns/

Definitions

幹

  1. main part of something; body; trunk
    樹幹/树干  ―  shùgàn  ―  trunk of a plant
    軀幹/躯干  ―  qūgàn  ―  body of animals
    幹道/干道  ―  gàndào  ―  main road; high street
  2. (colloquial) to do
    你在幹什麼?/你在干什么?  ―  Nǐ zài gàn shénme?  ―  What are you doing?
  3. to work
    幹活/干活  ―  gànhuó  ―  to work
    你是幹什麼的?/你是干什么的?  ―  Nǐ shì gàn shénme de?  ―  What is your job?
  4. (vulgar) to fuck; to engage in sexual intercourse
    幹恁娘!/干恁娘! [Hokkien]  ―  Kàn-lín-niâ! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Fuck your mother!
    幹你媽!/干你妈!  ―  Gàn nǐ mā!  ―  Fuck your mother!
  5. (vulgar) to kill
    幹掉他!/干掉他!  ―  Gàndiào tā!  ―  Kill him!
  6. (vulgar, chiefly Taiwan) to steal
    誰幹走了我的筆?! [MSC, trad.]
    谁干走了我的笔?! [MSC, simp.]
    Shéi gàn zǒu le wǒ de bǐ?! [Pinyin]
    Who stole my pen?!
  7. (vulgar, chiefly Taiwan) to blame; to condemn
    公幹/公干  ―  gōng gàn  ―  criticized by everyone
  8. (Taiwan, vulgar, colloquial) Expressing dismay or discontent.
  9. (dialectal Mandarin) to sort someone out
    信不信我幹你?/信不信我干你? [Northeastern Mandarin]  ―  Xìn bù xìn wǒ gàn nǐ? [Pinyin]  ―  Believe it or not, I'll sort you out .
Synonyms
  • (to do):
  • (to fuck):

Compounds

Descendants

  • → Proto-Tai: *kaːnꟲ
    • Lao: ກ້ານ (kān)
    • Shan: ၵၢၼ်ႈ (kāan)
    • Thai: ก้าน (gâan)

Pronunciation


Definitions

幹

  1. just
  2. calm
  3. Alternative form of 干 (“heavenly stem”)
  4. dead

Pronunciation



Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幹
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
hán
Middle
Chinese
‹ han ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁar/
English wall of a well

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

幹

  1. Alternative form of 韓/韩 (hán, “fence around a well”)

References

Japanese

Kanji

幹

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

幹 (miki): a tree trunk.
Kanji in this term
幹
みき
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Originally a compound of 身 (mi, “body”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”).[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1726.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

幹(みき) • (miki) 

  1. [from 1726] the trunk or core of something:
    1. a tree trunk
    2. a plant stalk

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
幹
から
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 幹 – see the following entry.
【柄から】S
[counter] used to count items with shafts
[noun] the trunk or stem of a plant
[noun] the shaft of an arrow
[noun] the shaft, haft, or handle of a tool
[prefix] describes something with a stem, shaft, or handle
(This term, 幹, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
幹
かん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 幹 (MC kanH).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

幹(かん) • (kan) 

  1. tree trunk; stem
  2. main part; core
  3. talent; capability
Derived terms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

幹 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幹: Hán Việt readings: can, cán, hàn
幹: Nôm readings: cán

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