管
guǎn
variant of 管[guan3]
surname Guan; to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards
bamboo (⺮) + official (官) = pipe, manage, be in charge of
Bamboo (⺮) was the original material for pipes, flutes, and writing tubes — things you hold, channel through, or govern. 官 mainly lends the sound guǎn; the bamboo radical carries the core sense of a hollow tube and, by extension, control and administration.
这件事你不用管，我来处理。
zhè jiàn shì nǐ bù yòng guǎn，wǒ lái chǔlǐ。
You don't need to take care of this matter; I'll handle it.
他管一个三十人的团队，压力很大。
tā guǎn yī gè sānshí rén de tuánduì，yālì hěn dà。
He manages a team of thirty people, and the pressure is very great.
Words with 管
气管炎
qì guǎn yán
bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus)
信息管理
xìn xī guǎn lǐ
information management
物业管理
wù yè guǎn lǐ
property management
插管
chā guǎn
(medicine) to intubate
管子
guǎn zǐ
Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period
管子
guǎn zi
tube
管治
guǎn zhì
governance
输卵管
shū luǎn guǎn
oviduct
托管
tuō guǎn
trusteeship
管用
guǎn yòng
efficacious
排水管
pái shuǐ guǎn
drainpipe
高管
gāo guǎn
senior executive; senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员[gao1 ji2 guan3 li3 ren2 yuan2])