Chinese Word: 旰 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

旰

Pinyin: gàn

English Definition: sunset; evening

Chinese Definition:
①晚，天色晚：旰食宵衣(天晚才吃饭，天未亮就穿衣起床，多用以称谀帝王勤劳政事)。

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 日

Pictophonetic:干 indicates the sound; 日 (sun) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 日 [ rì ] sun; day; daytime
- 干 [ gàn ] arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

Similar Characters: 犴秆歼阡扦妊旺吁轩旴

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宵衣旰食	xiāo yī gàn shí	to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom); diligently attending to official matters
旰食宵衣	gàn shí xiāo yī	to eat late and get up early; to be too busy (idiom)
宵旰忧劳	xiāo gàn yōu láo	to labor incessantly on government affairs (idiom)

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