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淦

gàn

Character

What 淦 means

1. archaicwater leaking into a boat
2. historically, the name of a river in Jiangxi
3. neologismto fuck (euphemistic variant of {干|gàn})

Sounds the same

Read gàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绀violet or purple
• 干tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage
• 旰sunset; evening
• 榦tree trunk
• 倝dawn (archaic)
• 檊Chinese mulberry; sandalwood
• 骭shinbone
• 赣variant of 赣

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