豆干

Traditional form:

豆乾

Pinyin (reading):

dòugān

Definitions:

• variant of 豆干 (dougàn)

Characters:

• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade

Traditional characters:

• 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)