gān

common

Meaning of

泔 means swill; slop; hogwash; waste food and water. Pronounced gān.

  • swill; slop; hogwash; waste food and water

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

yào
gān
shuǐ
dào
jìn
xià
shuǐ
dào
 

Don't pour the slop down the drain.

Zhè
xiē
gān
shuǐ
yòng
lái
wèi
zhū
 

This swill can be used to feed pigs.

Fàn
guǎn
měi
tiān
dōu
huì
chǎn
shēng
hěn
duō
gān
shuǐ
 

The restaurant produces a lot of kitchen waste every day.