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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.
Alternate version
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.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 干 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
乾 干 see styles |
gān gan1 kan ken けん |
More info & calligraphy: Qianqian (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. |
干 see styles |
gān gan1 kan motomu もとむ |
More info & calligraphy: Qian(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 |
乾杯 干杯 see styles |
gān bēi gan1 bei1 kan pei kanpai かんぱい |
More info & calligraphy: Drink Up! / Cheers!(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 |
乹 干 see styles |
gān gan1 kan |
old variant of 乾|干[gan1] See: 干 |
亁 干 see styles |
gān gan1 kan |
variant of 乾|干[gan1] See: 干 |
幹 干 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 |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Qian | 乾 干 | ken | gān qián gan1 / qian2 gan / qian gan/qian | kan ch`ien kanchien kan chien |
Drink Up! Cheers! | 干杯 | gān bēi / gan1 bei1 / gan bei / ganbei | kan pei / kanpei | |
Mummy Dried Corpse | 乾屍 干尸 | gān shī / gan1 shi1 / gan shi / ganshi | kan shih / kanshih | |
Uganda | 烏干達 乌干达 | wū gān dá wu1 gan1 da2 wu gan da wuganda | wu kan ta wukanta |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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