干〔亁/乾〕
gān
1 dry
2 clean
3 in vain
4 dried food
5 foster
6 adoptive
7 to ignore
VARIANTS
干〔乹〕 gān OLD
乾〔亁/-〕
qián
1 one of the Eight Trigrams bāguà [八卦], symbolizing heaven
2 male principle
3 ☰
4 ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
VARIANTS
乾〔乹〕 qián OLD