gān

(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with

surname Gan; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shield

a picture of 干 → a raised club or axe

The ancient form shows a forked club or axe raised in hand, a tool of battle and labor. Over time it shed the weapon sense and branched into abstract uses: concern, involvement, and the first of the heavenly stems.

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Words with 干

造血干细胞

zào xuè gàn xì bāo

blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)

过干瘾

guò gān yǐn

to satisfy a craving with substitutes

阑干

lán gān

(literary) crisscross

阴干

yīn gān

to dry in the shade

间充质干细胞

jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo

mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)

阿拉干山脉

ā lā gān shān mài

Arakan Mountains (aka Rakhine Mountains), mountain range in western Myanmar

电磁干扰

diàn cí gān rǎo

electromagnetic interference

霉干菜

méi gān cài

variant of 梅乾菜|梅干菜[mei2 gan1 cai4]

风干

fēng gān

to air-dry

饼干

bǐng gān

biscuit; cracker; cookie

余干

yú gān

see 餘干縣|余干县[Yu2 gan1 Xian4]

余干县

yú gān xiàn

Yugan, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi

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