Read Edit View history 乾 gānGānqiánQián HSK1 dry Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 倝 is used to represent the sound. 乙 is a distinguishing stroke. Pinyin Separate values with commas qián × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 干 ×乾 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 乾 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 乾 Simp strokes 乾 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 乾 Simp strokes 乾 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 乾 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 189, 653 ], [ 217, 648 ], [ 278, 652 ], [ 375, 673 ], [ 437, 694 ], [ 495, 695 ] ], [ [ 327, 820 ], [ 346, 803 ], [ 362, 777 ], [ 331, 575 ], [ 312, 548 ] ], [ [ 163, 515 ], [ 196, 479 ], [ 236, 290 ] ], [ [ 215, 519 ], [ 228, 508 ], [ 400, 547 ], [ 438, 540 ], [ 458, 516 ], [ 412, 338 ], [ 415, 322 ] ], [ [ 241, 401 ], [ 249, 412 ], [ 315, 430 ], [ 369, 431 ] ], [ [ 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346 238 L 299 228 Q 173 201 77 190 Q 64 189 61 181 Q 58 171 73 159 Q 107 137 164 149 Q 239 174 297 187 L 345 198 Z", "M 297 187 Q 297 94 283 58 Q 270 9 318 -41 L 319 -42 Q 329 -43 334 -32 Q 343 -11 343 96 Q 343 150 345 198 L 346 238 Q 349 296 348 297 Q 333 310 320 319 C 296 337 277 341 290 314 Q 302 302 299 228 L 297 187 Z", "M 625 583 Q 661 637 696 715 Q 711 752 726 772 Q 733 784 727 796 Q 721 808 690 826 Q 662 839 643 837 Q 625 833 636 812 Q 651 791 645 769 Q 629 699 599 629 Q 569 562 526 487 Q 519 475 516 469 Q 515 459 528 462 Q 555 474 610 559 L 625 583 Z", "M 610 559 Q 653 535 711 554 Q 772 570 835 586 Q 865 595 869 599 Q 876 608 872 616 Q 865 628 834 633 Q 806 637 733 609 Q 678 594 625 583 C 596 577 583 573 610 559 Z", "M 534 392 Q 521 389 518 381 Q 517 374 525 371 Q 564 365 635 393 Q 657 399 659 392 Q 665 385 654 367 Q 533 177 545 96 Q 548 65 572 44 Q 632 -7 776 -4 Q 855 -3 947 37 Q 977 50 969 73 Q 948 134 938 232 Q 934 245 926 245 Q 920 245 916 229 Q 909 195 903 156 Q 893 102 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