干將

Chinese

	to concern; to interfere; shield to concern; to interfere; shield; stem	a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (干將)	干	將
simp. (干将^*)	干	将
Literally: “Gan Jiang”.

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤar|kˤa[r]|kˤar [ts]aŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kaːn ʔsaŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	干	干	干	干	將
Reading #	1/4	2/4	3/4	4/4	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gān	gān	gān	gān	jiāng
Middle Chinese	‹ kan ›	‹ kan ›	‹ kan ›	‹ kan ›	‹ tsjang ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁar/	/*kˁa[r]/	/*kˁar/	/*kˁar/	/*[ts]aŋ/
English	pole	shield (n.)	piece, item	(placename)	bring
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

干將

Gan Jiang, a swordsmith who lived during the Spring and Autumn period, and husband of Mo Ye (莫邪 (Mòyé))
(historical) a legendary sword made by the two

干將