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酐

gān

Character

What 酐 means

1. anhydride

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

Characters that look like 酐

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 配pèito join; to fit; to mate
• 酌zhuóto pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate
• 酝yùnto brew
• 矜jīnto boast; to esteem; to sympathize
• 梆bāngwatchman's rattle
• 酊dīngtincture (loanword)

Sounds the same

Read gān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 干dry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 甘(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦; to be willing (to do sth)
• 尴used in 尴尬
• 肝liver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 杆(bound form) pole; shaft
• 竿(bound form) pole; rod
• 柑large tangerine
• 苷licorice; glycoside
• 咁so (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 这样
• 坩crucible
• 矸used in 矸石
• 泔slop from rinsing rice