奸 — gan

Parts that make up 奸

How 奸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 奸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 干.

Korean example words with 奸

• 간계奸計 Korean gloss: 간사한 꾀
• 간당奸黨 Korean gloss: 간사한 무리
• 간물奸物 Korean gloss: 간사한 사람
• 간부奸婦 Korean gloss: 간악한 여자
• 간심奸心 Korean gloss: 간악한 마음
• 간적奸賊 Korean gloss: 간악한 도적
• 간정奸情 Korean gloss: 간사한 마음
• 간지奸智 Korean gloss: 간사한 지혜
• 간책奸策 Korean gloss: 간사한 계책
• 간협奸俠 Korean gloss: 간악한 불량배
• 간교奸巧 Korean gloss: 간사하고 교활함
• 간웅奸雄 Korean gloss: 간사한 꾀가 많은 영웅

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 奸

• 奸かん cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
• 奸計かんけい evil design; crafty plan; plot
• 奸策かんさく shrewd (dirty) trick; sinister scheme (design); sly art
• 奸智かんち cunning; craft; wiles
• 奸黠かんかつ cunning; sly
• 奸賊かんぞく villain
• 奸臣かんしん disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
• 漢奸かんかん Chinese traitor (esp. a collaborator with the Japanese)
• 奸邪かんじゃ wicked person; evil thing
• 奸謀かんぼう wicked design; vicious plan; plot
• 斬奸ざんかん killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)
• 奸盗かんとう evil thief; wicked robber

Characters sharing the phonetic 干

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “간”

Other hanja with radical 女