(gàn) - Gan — refers to the Gan River in & also used as an abbreviation for Jiangxi province.

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gàn | 21 strokes | radical:

· gàn

Gan — refers to the Gan River in Jiangxi province, China;

also used as an abbreviation for Jiangxi province.

Gan — refers to the Gan River inalso used as an abbreviation for Jiangxi province.

Usage highlights

Gan RiverGan dialectGan regionGan cultureUpper GanLower Gan

Synonyms

  • Gan — the standard form for the river and province

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The Gan River flows through Jiangxi (贑江).
  • Jiangxi is sometimes called Gan (贑).
  • He comes from the Gan region (贑地).
  • Gan dialect is spoken there (贑语).

Collocations

  • Gan River(贑江)
  • Gan dialect(贑语)
  • Gan region(贑地)
  • Gan culture(贑文化)
  • Upper Gan(上贑)
  • Lower Gan(下贑)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • The character 贑 is primarily a geographical reference to the Gan River and Jiangxi province.
  • It is a variant form of the more common character 赣 (Gàn) used in modern standard Chinese.

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