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Gan in Chinese / Japanese...

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  1. Clairvoyance

  2. Eyeballs / Eyes

  3. Gunn

  4. Violet Color

  5. Gann

  6. Beautiful Woman Proverb


Clairvoyance

 qiān lǐ yǎn
 sen ri gan
Clairvoyance Scroll

千里眼 is the Chinese word and Japanese Kanji for clairvoyance.

Eyeballs / Eyes

 yǎn
 gan
 
Eyeballs / Eyes Scroll

眼 is the simplest way to write eyes or eyeballs in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

This can also mean eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, glance, viewpoint, insight, perceptivity, the power of observation, or simply the eye.

 gān
 
Gunn Scroll

This is the most common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the family name Gunn.

Violet Color

 gàn
 kon
 
Violet Color Scroll

紺 is a slightly-rare Chinese and old Korean title for the color violet or purple.

In Japanese, this refers to a very deep blue color.

 gan
Gann Scroll

ガン is the name Gann in Japanese Katakana.


Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Beautiful Woman Proverb

 chén yú luò yàn
 chin gyo raku gan
Beautiful Woman Proverb Scroll

沈魚落雁 is an old proverb that literally means “fish sink, goose alights.”

...But this takes some explaining. This is a proverb from Zhuangzi (莊子), who lived in the late 4th century BC.

This figuratively refers to female beauty that is so captivating that even the birds and beasts take notice.

Perhaps a better and more accurate way to describe this is to say that it speaks of the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman who is so beautiful that fish stay on the bottom of the water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame.

This proverb is so famous that it is also known and used in Japan (same characters, different pronunciation).


Note: This can also be written 沉魚落雁 instead of 沈魚落雁 (just the first character varies slightly).


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your gan search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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gān
    gan1
kan
 nukui
    ぬくい

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Qian
dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest); (surname) Nukui
Dry, dried up, clean; heaven, male, masculine, enduring, continual. Translit. gan and h.

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gān
    gan1
kan
 motomu
    もとむ

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Qian
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shield
(irregular okurigana usage) (n,n-pref) drying; dried; (male given name) Motomu
A shield; a stem, or pole; to offend; to concern; to seek.

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gān
    gan1
kan
 kan
    かん

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Gunn
(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do something)
(surname) Kan
Sweet, agreeable, willing; kansu.


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gàn
    gan4
kan
 konsaki
    こんさき

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Violet Color
violet or purple
(noun - becomes adjective with の) navy blue; deep blue; (surname) Konsaki
A violet or purplish colour, a blend of blue and red; also called紺靑 and紺璢璃, the colour of the roots紺髮 or 紺頂 of the Buddha's hair.

乾屍


干尸

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gān shī
    gan1 shi1
kan shih

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Mummy / Dried Corpse
desiccated corpse; mummified body

乾杯


干杯

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gān bēi
    gan1 bei1
kan pei
 kanpai
    かんぱい

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Drink Up! / Cheers!
to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup
(noun/participle) (1) toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); (2) drinking one's glass dry; (interjection) (3) cheers

勇敢

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yǒng gǎn
    yong3 gan3
yung kan
 yuukan / yukan
    ゆうかん

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Bravery / Courage
brave; courageous
(adjectival noun) brave; heroic; gallant

快感

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kuài gǎn
    kuai4 gan3
k`uai kan
    kuai kan
 kaikan
    かいかん

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Pleasant Feeling
pleasure; thrill; delight; joy; pleasurable sensation; a high
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

性感

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xìng gǎn
    xing4 gan3
hsing kan
 seikan / sekan
    せいかん

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Sexy
sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy
(noun - becomes adjective with の) sexual feelings

感奮


感奋

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gǎn fèn
    gan3 fen4
kan fen
 kanpun
    かんぷん

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Inspired
moved and inspired; fired with enthusiasm
(n,vs,vi) stirred up; inspired; moved to action

感激

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gǎn
    gan3 ji1
kan chi
 kangeki
    かんげき

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Thankfulness
to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful
(n,vs,vi) deep emotion; impression; inspiration

感知

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gǎn zhī
    gan3 zhi1
kan chih
 kanchi
    かんち

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Perception
perception (the process of perceiving something with the senses); to sense; to feel; to detect; to be aware of
(noun, transitive verb) perception; sensing; noticing

感謝


感谢

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gǎn xiè
    gan3 xie4
kan hsieh
 kansha
    かんしゃ

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Gratitude / Thanks
(express) thanks; gratitude; grateful; thankful; thanks
(n,vs,vt,vi) thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

甘味

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gān wèi
    gan1 wei4
kan wei
 kanmi
    かんみ

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Sweet / Sweetness / Charm
sweetness; sweet taste
(1) sweetness; sugary taste; (2) sweets; dessert; cake; (3) charm; appeal; (4) taste; flavour; flavor

甘地

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gān
    gan1 di4
kan ti
 amachi
    あまち

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Gandhi
(Mahatma) Gandhi
(surname) Amachi

統感


统感

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tǒng gǎn
    tong3 gan3
t`ung kan
    tung kan

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Togetherness
feeling of togetherness

靈感


灵感

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líng gǎn
    ling2 gan3
ling kan
 reikan

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Inspiration
inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor
靈應 Spirit-response, efficacious as in response to prayer.

烏干達


乌干达

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gān
    wu1 gan1 da2
wu kan ta

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Uganda
Uganda

甘巴里

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gān bā lǐ
    gan1 ba1 li3
kan pa li

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Gambari
Ibrahim Gambari (1944–), Nigerian diplomat and academic

第六感

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dì liù gǎn
    di4 liu4 gan3
ti liu kan
 dairokkan
    だいろっかん

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Sixth Sense / Intuition
sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch


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gān
    gan1
kan
old variant of 乾|干[gan1]
See:


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gān
    gan1
kan
variant of 乾|干[gan1]
See:

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gàn
    gan4
kan
dawn (archaic)

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gān
    gan1
kan
so (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 這樣|这样[zhe4 yang4]

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gān
    gan1
kan
crucible

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gān
    gan1
kan
variant of 尷|尴[gan1]

see styles
gān
    gan1
kan
old variant of 尷|尴[gan1]


see styles
gān
    gan1
kan
used in 尷尬|尴尬[gan1 ga4]


see styles
gàn
    gan4
kan
 motoki
    もとき
tree trunk; main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
(1) tree trunk; bole; (2) backbone; base; foundation; (given name) Motoki

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gǎn
    gan3
kan
 kan
    かん
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~
(n,n-suf) (1) feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression; (2) (abbreviation) {ling} (part of speech tag used in dictionaries) (See 感動詞) interjection; (given name) Kan
To influence, move.

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Clairvoyance千里眼sen ri gan / senriganqiān lǐ yǎn
qian1 li3 yan3
qian li yan
qianliyan
ch`ien li yen
chienliyen
chien li yen
Eyeballs
Eyes
ganyǎn / yan3 / yanyen
Gunngān / gan1 / gankan
Violet Color
kongàn / gan4 / gankan
Gannガンgan
Beautiful Woman Proverb沈魚落雁
沈鱼落雁
chin gyo raku gan
chingyorakugan
chén yú luò yàn
chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4
chen yu luo yan
chenyuluoyan
ch`en yü lo yen
chenyüloyen
chen yü lo yen
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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