Chinese words pronounced gan (any tone) 29 words, in the 3 tones gan is read in. gān (1st tone) 14 words 干(gān) dry 肝(gān) liver 杆(gān) pole 甘(gān) sweet 柑(gān) large tangerine 乾(gān) dry 幹(gàn) tree trunk 肝(gān) liver 桿(gǎn) stick 甘(gān) sweet All 14 words pronounced gān gǎn (3rd tone) 8 words 敢(gǎn) to dare 感(gǎn) to feel 赶(gǎn) to overtake 杆(gǎn) stick 秆(gǎn) stalks of grain 敢(gǎn) to dare 感(gǎn) to feel 趕(gǎn) to overtake 桿(gǎn) stick 稈(gǎn) stalks of grain All 8 words pronounced gǎn gàn (4th tone) 9 words 干(gàn) tree trunk 赣(gàn) Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省 jiāngxīshěng 绀(gàn) violet or purple 淦(gàn) water leaking into a boat 倝(gàn) dawn 乾(gān) dry 幹(gàn) tree trunk 贛(gàn) Gan River in Jiangxi Province 江西省 jiāngxīshěng 紺(gàn) violet or purple 淦(gàn) water leaking into a boat All 9 words pronounced gàn Often confused with gan gang in any tone 19 words