射干

yègān
  1. (archaic, historical, obsolete) an animal which resembles a fox and that can climb trees
  2. an animal which resembles a fox and that can climb trees
  3. rhizome of the blackberry lily (Iris domestica), syn. Belamcanda chinensis, used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat cough, phlegm and sore throat)

Wiktionary

Homographs

射干 shègān
  1. blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis)
  2. leopard lily

Entry Composition

=1 射 shè old variant of 射 shè
=1 射 shè
  1. to shoot
  2. to launch
  3. to allude to
  4. radio- (chemistry)
=1 射 shí
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to hit with bow and arrow
  2. to hit with bow and arrow
=1 射 yè
  1. used in 僕射／仆射 (púyè)
  2. used in 姑射
  3. used in 射干 (yègān)
=1 射 yì
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 斁 /𭣧 (“to detest; to be weary of”)
  2. alternative form of 斁 /𭣧 (“to detest; to be weary of”)
  3. used in 無射／无射
=2 干 gān old variant of 乾 gān
=2 干 Gān surname Gan
=2 干 gān
  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
=2 干 gān variant of 乾 gān
=2 干 Gān surname Gan
=2 干 gān
  1. (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with
  2. one of the ten heavenly stems 天干 tiāngān
  3. (archaic) shield
=2 干 gàn
  1. tree trunk
  2. main part of sth
  3. to manage
  4. to work
  5. to do
  6. capable
  7. cadre
  8. to kill (slang)
  9. to fuck (vulgar)
  10. (coll.) pissed off
  11. annoyed
=2 干 gàn
  1. (～江, ～水) Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
  2. Alternative name for 江西 (Jiāngxī, “Jiangxi, a province of China.”).
  3. Gan River (a river in Jiangxi, China)
  4. Gan; Gan Chinese