干饭

Traditional form:

乾飯

Pinyin (reading):

gānfàn

Definitions:

• plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 飯 - meal, food; cooked rice