幹 (gàn)

To do; to work; (slang) to complain/curse

How 幹 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
十 — ten
Traditional
幹
Simplified
干

Common words using 幹

幹嘛 gànmá
what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth?
幹甚麼 gànshénme
what are you doing?; what's he up to?
幹啥 gànshá
do what?
幹嗎 gànmá
see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]
幹掉 gàndiào
to get rid of
幹活 gànhuó
to work; to be employed; manual labor
幹練 gànliàn
capable and experienced
幹部 gànbù
personnel; employees; cadre (in communist party)
能幹 nénggàn
capable; competent
主幹 zhǔgàn
trunk; main; core
主幹線 zhǔgànxiàn
trunk line (of road, network etc); backbone (cable)
公幹 gōnggàn
public business; official work

幹 in a sentence

你在幹嘛?

Nǐ zài gànma?

“What are you doing?”

How common is 幹?

幹 is the 353rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 68.2% of all running text.

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