奸

wicked; crafty; traitor; variant of 姦|奸[jian1]

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,247 U+5978

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 (semantic, “woman”) + 干 (phonetic, gān)

components: 女干

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

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