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Character « 旰 »

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Character
旰
(7 stroke)
Radical
日
(+3 stroke)
Pinyin
gàn
hàn

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WubiJFH
CangjieAMJ
Bishun2511112
Sijiao61040
UnicodeU+65F0

旰 (旰) gàn

General meaning
Definitions
Vocabulary

◎ 晚，天色晚：～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）。

Noun

(形声。从日,干声。本义:天晚) 同本义 [in the evening;late in the day]

旰,晚也。——《说文》

日旰君勤。——《左传·昭公十二年》

日旰不召,而射鸿于囿。——《左传·襄公十四年》

当陛下旰食宵衣之日,是微臣输肝写胆之时。——《白氏长庆集·杭州刺史谢上表》
又如:旰食(因事忙而晚食。喻国事繁忙)

宵旰 xiāo -gàn
[getting up before dawn and eating late ——busy with state affairs;labor incessantly on duty] 〈方〉∶宵衣旰食,即天不亮就穿衣起床,天晚了才吃饭歇息

宵旰忧虞轸。——唐· 杜甫《秋日夔府咏怀一百韵》
宵旰忧劳 ( 宵旰憂勞 ) xiāo gàn -yōu láo
1. [travel by night is toilsome] 天不亮就起来,天晚了才进食,辛勤操劳。形容勤于政务
  
  若不去嵩父子,陛下虽宵旰忧劳,边事终不可为也。——《明史·吴时来传》
2. 亦作“宵旰焦劳”
宵衣旰食 xiāo yī -gàn shí
[getting up before dawn and eating late—busy with state affairs] 天不亮就穿衣起床,天晚了才吃饭,形容工作繁忙而勤勉

宵衣旰食,忧六宫之未安;寒心销志,惧一物之失所。——唐· 李世民《命皇太子监国诏》