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旰

gàn

Character

What 旰 means

1. sunset
2. evening

Words containing 旰

• 宵衣旰食xiāo yī gàn shíto dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)…

Characters built on 干

These share the phonetic component 干 (gān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 南nánsouth
• 汗hànperspiration; sweat; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc)…
• 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 刊kānto print; to publish; publication
• 罕hǎnrare
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 旱hàndrought

Sounds the same

Read gàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绀violet or purple
• 干tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage
• 淦(archaic) water leaking into a boat; historically, the name of a river in Jiangxi…
• 榦tree trunk
• 倝dawn (archaic)
• 檊Chinese mulberry; sandalwood
• 骭shinbone
• 赣variant of 赣