幹

幹 (Kangxi radical 51, 干+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十十人一十 (JJOMJ), four-corner 4844₁, composition ⿰𠦝𫢉)

• 𠿨, 擀, 澣, 檊, 𩼛, 𭗠, 𦼮, 簳

• 榦 (Variant traditional form of 幹 in mainland China)
• 干 (Simplified form of 幹 in mainland China)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 341, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9183
• Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 409, character 9
• Unihan data for U+5E79

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kaːns) : semantic 倝 + phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn).

The vulgar sense entered Mandarin from Hokkien 姦／奸 (kàn), as 姦 shares the same pronunciation with 幹 in Hokkien.

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幹

1. main part of something; body; trunk

   樹幹／树干  ―  shùgàn  ―  trunk of a plant

   軀幹／躯干  ―  qūgàn  ―  body of animals

   幹道／干道  ―  gàndào  ―  main road; high street

2. (colloquial) to do

   你在幹什麼？／你在干什么？  ―  Nǐ zài gàn shénme?  ―  What are you doing?

3. to work

   幹活／干活  ―  gànhuó  ―  to work

   你是幹什麼的？／你是干什么的？  ―  Nǐ shì gàn shénme de?  ―  What is your job?

4. (vulgar) to fuck; to engage in sexual intercourse

   幹恁娘！／干恁娘！ [Hokkien]  ―  Kàn-lín-niâ! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Fuck your mother!

   幹你媽！／干你妈！  ―  Gàn nǐ mā!  ―  Fuck your mother!

   • 金榮只一口咬定說：「方才明明的撞見他兩個在後院子里親嘴摸屁股，一對一肏，撅草根兒抽長短，誰長誰先幹。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     金荣只一口咬定说：「方才明明的撞见他两个在后院子里亲嘴摸屁股，一对一肏，撅草根儿抽长短，谁长谁先干。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Jīn Róng zhǐ yīkǒu yǎodìng shuō: “Fāngcái míngmíng de zhuàngjiàn tā liǎng ge zài hòuyuànzi lǐ qīnzuǐ mō pìgǔ, yīduìyī cào, juē cǎogēnr chōu chángduǎn, shéi cháng shéi xiān gàn.” [Pinyin]

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5. (vulgar) to kill

   幹掉他！／干掉他！  ―  Gàndiào tā!  ―  Kill him!

6. (vulgar, chiefly Taiwan) to steal

   誰幹走了我的筆？！ [MSC, trad.]
   谁干走了我的笔？！ [MSC, simp.]

   Shéi gàn zǒu le wǒ de bǐ?! [Pinyin]

   Who stole my pen?!

7. (vulgar, chiefly Taiwan) to blame; to condemn

   公幹／公干  ―  gōng gàn  ―  criticized by everyone

8. (Taiwan, vulgar, colloquial) Expressing dismay or discontent.
9. (dialectal Mandarin) to sort someone out

   信不信我幹你？／信不信我干你？ [Northeastern Mandarin]  ―  Xìn bù xìn wǒ gàn nǐ? [Pinyin]  ―  Believe it or not, I'll sort you out .

• (to do):

• (to fuck):

• → Proto-Tai: *kaːnꟲ
  • Lao: ກ້ານ (kān)
  • Shan: ၵၢၼ်ႈ (kāan)
  • Thai: ก้าน (gâan)

幹

1. just
2. calm
3. Alternative form of 干 (“heavenly stem”)
4. dead

幹

1. Alternative form of 韓／韩 (hán, “fence around a well”)

• “幹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kun: みき (miki, 幹, Jōyō)、から (kara, 幹)

 

Originally a compound of 身(み) (mi, “body”) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”).^[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1726.^[1]

• (Tokyo) みき [míꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][4]
• (Tokyo) みき [mìkí] (Heiban – [0])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [mʲikʲi]

幹(みき) • (miki) 

1. [from 1726] the trunk or core of something:
   1. a tree trunk
   2. a plant stalk

From Middle Chinese 幹 (MC kanH).

• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

幹(かん) • (kan) 

1. tree trunk; stem
2. main part; core
3. talent; capability

幹 • (gan) (hangeul 간, revised gan, McCune–Reischauer kan)

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幹: Hán Việt readings: can, cán, hàn
幹: Nôm readings: cán

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