干姜

Traditional form:

乾薑

Pinyin (reading):

gānjiāng

Definitions:

• dried ginger

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 姜 - ginger; surname

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 薑 - ginger