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gǎn

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gǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gǎn | gan3
English translation
straw, hay

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About gǎn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

gǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

Dried  gān grain stalks  gān also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of gǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

禾干

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Example sentences using gǎn

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gǎn xiù zài 小麦 xiǎomài de jīng xié shǎng 产生 chǎnshēng Hóng 棕色 zōngsè de diǎn .

Stem rust produces reddish - brown spots on the stems of infected plants.

zuò de gǎn bèi liú zhāo 以便 yǐbiàn 入土 rù tǔ 中作下次 xià cì 播种 bōzhǒng de 肥料 féi liào .

The stalks are left to be ploughed into the earth for the next planting.

一条长长 de 茎秆 de 每个节上 dōu 会长 huì zhǎng chū 一朵浅蓝色 de Huā

A single pale blue flower grows up from each joint on a long stalk.

Words with gǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gǎn stalks of grain gǎn
秸秆 jiē gǎn straw秸稈

gǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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