乾
gānGānqiánQián HSK1

dry

干 (乾) gān frequency
dry verb
dry; dehydrated or preserved food

衣服已经晾干了。

yī​fu yǐ​jīng liàng gān le.

The clothes have already dried.

blunt adjective
rude; blunt; to cold-shoulder someone

他说话太干，让人听了不舒服。

tā shuō​huà tài gān, ràng rén tīng le bù shū​fu.

His way of speaking is too blunt, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

in vain verb
futile; in vain; without result

别在这儿干等了，他不会来的。

bié zài zhè​r gān děng le, tā bù huì lái de.

Don't just wait here for nothing; he's not coming.

adoptive noun
taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster

他是我的干爹。

tā shì wǒ de gān diē.

He is my godfather.

empty verb
empty; hollow; without substance

他干笑了几声，场面很尴尬。

tā gān xiào le jǐ shēng, chǎng​miàn hěn gān​gà.

He gave a hollow laugh; it was an awkward situation.

dry (wine) adjective
referring to wine that has little or no residual sugar; dry wine, as opposed to sweet wine.
干 (乾) Gān
Gan proper name
surname Gan

干先生不仅是我的邻居，也是我的好朋友。

Gān xiān​sheng bù​jǐn shì wǒ de lín​jū, yě shì wǒ de hǎo péng​you.

Mr. Gan is not only my neighbor but also my good friend.

乾 qián
trigram noun
One of the Eight Trigrams (Bagua), symbolizing heaven, the male principle, and the northwest direction (315°).

乾卦是八卦之首，在五行中属金。

qián​guà shì bā​guà zhī shǒu, zài wǔ​xíng zhōng shǔ jīn.

The Qian hexagram is the first of the Eight Trigrams and belongs to metal in the Five Elements.

乾 Qián
Qian
surname Qian

干先生是这家公司的主要负责人。

Gān xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de zhǔ​yào fù​zé​rén.

Mr. Qian is the main person in charge of this company.

Frequency
Character
Written text
353rd most common 623.1 per million
Movie subtitles
138th most common 1301.7 per million appears in 99% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1241.6 per million appears in 95% of films
Written text
155.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
干
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+4E7E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)