幹
gan4Mathews: 3235
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (8 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 18.1
1st Line★
correct, attend to, repair, rectify (ing)
幹父之蠱，有子，考無咎，厲終吉。
Correcting father’s fixations
To be a young one examining
Is not a mistake
Difficult
But in the end, promising
Stats: 51+10→ 18.2
2nd Line
correct, attend to, repair, rectify (ing)
幹母之蠱，不可贞。
Correcting mother’s fixations
Ill-suited to firmness
→ 18.3
3rd Line
correct, attend to, repair, rectify (ing)
幹父之蠱，小有悔，無大咎。
Correcting father’s fixations
There will be a little regret
But no great mistakes
→ 18.5
5th Line
correct, attend to, repair, rectify (ing)
幹父之蠱，用譽。
Correcting father’s fixations
Use praise
→ 18.1
Xiao Xiang 1
correcting
幹父之蠱，意承考也。
18.1x Correcting father’s fixations:
Intending to inherit the examined
Xiao Xiang 2
correcting
幹母之蠱，得中道也。
18.2x Correcting mother’s fixations:
Find the middle path
Xiao Xiang 3
correcting
幹父之蠱，終無咎也。
18.3x Correcting father’s fixations:
Eventually not a mistake
Xiao Xiang 5
correcting
幹父用譽，承以德也。
18.5x Correcting father using praise:
Recognition for merit
Homophones (gan)
干gan1(the) shore(line), (river)bank; shelter甘gan1sweet, (too) easy; complacent, indulgent (ly)乾gan1(to be) creative, vigorous, energetic, potent, dynamic, constant, enduring, lasting; dry, clean; exhausted; heavenly; (a, the) creation, initiative, authority, sovereignty, design, cogency, autonomy, command, energy, diligence, persistence, endurance, mastery, genius, higher order, higher purpose, calling, vocation, enduring activity, lasting vigor, dynamic living, dragonhood; heaven; warmth of the sun; vigorous appearance; (a, the) male, gang or yang principle; (to) create, initiate, design, author, master, persist, endure (s, ed, ing); creation’s, creativity’s; gan, (to be) dry, dried敢gan3presume(ption)(s), dare, make (ing) bold感gan3moved, excited, stimulated, touched (by)贛gan4from a Gan River gorge (Jiangxi Province) ?
Previous感 gan3
Nextgan4 贛
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