IDENTITY
干gāndry; to do (gàn)
HSK 3Top 150
CORE MEANING
dry; to do (gàn)
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.dryHSK3
- 2.to do (gàn)HSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 干dry radical (gān)
- strokes
- 3
- Structure
- single structure
- IDS sequence
- 干
USAGE
Common words
干净gānjìngclean
干什么gàn shénmedo what
饼干bǐnggānbiscuit
Graded examples
房间很干净。Fángjiān hěn gānjìng.HSK2
The room is very clean.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A fork-shaped drying rack — dry; to work. (From 乾 and 幹.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #150
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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