奸
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wicked; crafty; traitor; variant of 姦|奸[jian1]
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,247 U+5978
How 奸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 干 (phonetic, gān)
How to remember it
adultery · Heisig RSH #2640
女 woman + clothesline
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 干
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 干 (gān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干 sound component | gān | arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade |
| 杆 | gān | cane, pole, stick |
| 汗 | hàn | perspiration, sweat |
| 刊 | kān | publication, periodical; to publish, to print |
| 肝 | gān | liver |
| 赶 | gǎn | to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel |
| 竿 | gān | bamboo pole; penis |
| 轩 | xuān | pavilion; carriage; balcony |
| 鼾 | hān | to snore loudly |
| 矸 | gān | cliff; rock |
| 邗 | hán | an ancient place in the state of Wu |
| 旰 | gàn | sunset, dusk; evening |
| 犴 | àn | wild dog; jail, lock-up |
| 豻 | àn | prison, jail; a wild dog |
| 酐 | gān | anhydride |
Words containing 奸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无奸不商 | wú jiān bù shāng | all businessmen are evil (idiom) |
| 集体强奸 | jí tǐ qiáng jiān | gang rape |
| 作奸犯科 | zuò jiān fàn kē | to flout the law |
| 奸人 | jiān rén | crafty scoundrel; villain |
| 通奸 | tōng jiān | adultery; to commit adultery |
| 奸民 | jiān mín | a scoundrel; a villain |
| 奸情 | jiān qíng | adultery |
| 强奸罪 | qiáng jiān zuì | rape |
| 内奸 | nèi jiān | undiscovered traitor; enemy within one's own ranks |
| 奸夫 | jiān fū | male adulterer |
| 老奸巨滑 | lǎo jiān jù huá | variant of 老奸巨猾[lao3 jian1 ju4 hua2] |
| 鸡奸 | jī jiān | variant of 雞姦|鸡奸[ji1 jian1] |
| 鸡奸 | jī jiān | sodomy; anal intercourse; buggery |
| 奸商 | jiān shāng | profiteer; crooked merchant |
| 奸计 | jiān jì | evil plan; evil schemes |
| 视奸 | shì jiān | (neologism) to obsessively monitor sb's social media posts (orthographic borrowing from Ja… |
| 奸官 | jiān guān | a treacherous official; a mandarin who conspires against the state |
| 指奸 | zhǐ jiān | to finger-rape; digital rape |
| 强奸犯 | qiáng jiān fàn | rapist |
| 强奸 | qiáng jiān | to rape |