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  1. Qian

  2. Drink Up! / Cheers!

  3. Mummy / Dried Corpse

  4. Uganda

  5. Always Be Prepared

  6. Mind Your Own Business


 gān qián
 ken
 
Qian Scroll

This can be the Chinese ancient surname Gan or current surname Qian. In Japanese, it can be the surname Nukui, Susumu, Ken, Kan, Kawaki, Kawai, Inute, or Inui.

The meaning of this character varies a lot depending on context. These meanings include dry, clean, foster, adoptive, heaven, male, masculine, enduring, or continual.

The “Gan” version of this character was converted to Simplified Chinese as 干 in 1965. However, the “Qian” pronunciation is not associated with 干. Though to add to the confusion, there is an unrelated Simplified Chinese character 千 that romanizes as “Qian” and is also a surname.

Drink Up! / Cheers!

Alternate version

 gān bēi
Drink Up! / Cheers! Scroll

干杯 is an alternate form of the word in Chinese that means “drink up” or “cheers.”

The first character is still pronounced the same, but the form is quite different. This version is used in mainland China but is not really used in Korea or Japan.

Mummy / Dried Corpse

 gān shī
Mummy / Dried Corpse Scroll

乾屍 is mummy or “dried corpse” in Chinese.

Not sure why you would want this on a wall scroll, but many people search for it here.

 wū gān dá
Uganda Scroll

This is the Chinese name for the country of Uganda.

Always Be Prepared

 bǎo dài gān liáng nuǎn dài yī
Always Be Prepared Scroll

饱带干粮暖带衣 is a proverb that translates as:
Carry [extra] food when [you are] full and [extra] clothes when [you are] warm.

Figuratively, this means:
Always be prepared for a rainy day.

Mind Your Own Business

 bù gān jǐ shì bù zhāng kǒu yī wèn yáo tóu sān bù zhī
Mind Your Own Business Scroll

不干己事不张口一问摇头三不知 literally translates as [About] matters [that] don't concern [you], do not open [your] mouth, [and] when questioned, always shake [your] head “No.”

Figuratively, this means: It is best to remain reticent about other people's affairs and to refuse to make any comment on matters that don't concern you.


Not the results for 干 that you were looking for?

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

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles
gān
    gan1
kan
 ken
    けん

More info & calligraphy:

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.

see styles
gān
    gan1
kan
 motomu
    もとむ

More info & calligraphy:

Qian
(bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天[tian 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.

乾屍


干尸

see styles
gān shī
    gan1 shi1
kan shih

More info & calligraphy:

Mummy / Dried Corpse
a mummy

乾杯


干杯

see styles
gān bēi
    gan1 bei1
kan pei
 kanpai
    かんぱい

More info & calligraphy:

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

烏干達


乌干达

see styles
wū gān dá
    wu1 gan1 da2
wu kan ta

More info & calligraphy:

Uganda
Uganda


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


see styles
gān
    gan1
kan
variant of 乾|[gan1]
See:


see styles
gàn
    gan4
kan
 miki(p); kan
    みき(P); かん
tree trunk; main part of something; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base; (given name) Motoki

主幹


主干

see styles
zhǔ gàn
    zhu3 gan4
chu kan
 shukan
    しゅかん
trunk; main; core
(1) chief editor; managing editor; (2) manager; person in charge; (given name) Motomiki

乾俸


干俸

see styles
gān fèng
    gan1 feng4
kan feng
income provided by a sinecure

乾兒


干儿

see styles
gān r
    gan1 r5
kan r
dried food

乾冰


干冰

see styles
gān bīng
    gan1 bing1
kan ping
dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2); CL:塊|块[kuai4]

乾咳


干咳

see styles
gān ké
    gan1 ke2
kan k`o
    kan ko
 karazeki
    からぜき
    karaseki
    からせき
to cough without phlegm; a dry cough
(1) dry cough; hacking cough; (2) intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention)

乾嘔


干呕

see styles
gān ǒu
    gan1 ou3
kan ou
to retch

乾噦


干哕

see styles
gān yue
    gan1 yue5
kan yüeh
to dry-heave; to retch

乾器


干器

see styles
gān qì
    gan1 qi4
kan ch`i
    kan chi
 kenki
dry container

乾嚎


干嚎

see styles
gān háo
    gan1 hao2
kan hao
to cry out loud without tears

乾城


干城

see styles
gān chéng
    gan1 cheng2
kan ch`eng
    kan cheng
 kenjō
(乾達城) gandharva city, infra.

乾娘


干娘

see styles
gān niáng
    gan1 niang2
kan niang
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

乾媽


干妈

see styles
gān mā
    gan1 ma1
kan ma
adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

乾度


干度

see styles
gān dù
    gan1 du4
kan tu
 kando
skandhaka

乾慧


干慧

see styles
gān huì
    gan1 hui4
kan hui
 kenne
dry wisdom

乾旱


干旱

see styles
gān hàn
    gan1 han4
kan han
drought; arid; dry

乾木


干木

see styles
gān mù
    gan1 mu4
kan mu
 kenmoku
dry wood

乾果


干果

see styles
gān guǒ
    gan1 guo3
kan kuo
 kanka
    かんか
dried fruit; dry fruits (nuts etc)
(1) {bot} (See 液果) dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles); (2) dried fruit

乾枯


干枯

see styles
gān kū
    gan1 ku1
kan k`u
    kan ku
 kanko
    かんこ
withered; shriveled; dried-up
(noun/participle) completely drying up

乾洗


干洗

see styles
gān xǐ
    gan1 xi3
kan hsi
to dry clean; dry cleaning

乾消


干消

see styles
gān xiāo
    gan1 xiao1
kan hsiao
 kenshō
to make dry

乾涸


干涸

see styles
gān hé
    gan1 he2
kan ho
to dry up

乾淨


干净

see styles
gān jìng
    gan1 jing4
kan ching
clean; neat

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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
Qian
kengān qián
gan1 / qian2
gan / qian
gan/qian
kan ch`ien
kanchien
kan chien
Drink Up!
Cheers!
干杯gān bēi / gan1 bei1 / gan bei / ganbeikan pei / kanpei
Mummy
Dried Corpse
乾屍
干尸
gān shī / gan1 shi1 / gan shi / ganshikan shih / kanshih
Uganda烏干達
乌干达
wū gān dá
wu1 gan1 da2
wu gan da
wuganda
wu kan ta
wukanta
Always Be Prepared飽帶干糧暖帶衣
饱带干粮暖带衣
bǎo dài gān liáng nuǎn dài yī
bao3 dai4 gan1 liang2 nuan3 dai4 yi1
bao dai gan liang nuan dai yi
baodaiganliangnuandaiyi
pao tai kan liang nuan tai i
paotaikanliangnuantaii
Mind Your Own Business不干己事不張口一問搖頭三不知
不干己事不张口一问摇头三不知
bù gān jǐ shì bù zhāng kǒu yī wèn yáo tóu sān bù zhī
bu4 gan1 ji3 shi4 bu4 zhang1 kou3 yi1 wen4 yao2 tou2 san1 bu4 zhi1
bu gan ji shi bu zhang kou yi wen yao tou san bu zhi
pu kan chi shih pu chang k`ou i wen yao t`ou san pu chih
pu kan chi shih pu chang kou i wen yao tou san pu chih
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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