gàn

tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 幹

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

你在干什么?

What are you doing?

别干那么多,休息一下吧。

Do not work so much, take a break.