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乾

qián

Character

What 乾 means

1. one of the Eight Trigrams {八卦|bā guà}, symbolizing heaven
2. male principle
3. ☰
4. ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

Other readings

乾 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Qiánsurname Qian
• qiánold variant of {乾|qián}
• qiánvariant of {乾|qián}

Words starting with 乾

• 乾隆Qián lóngthe Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 宝亲王
• 乾坤qián kūnyin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
• 乾旦qián dànmale actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
• 乾县Qián XiànQian County or Qianxian, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 乾陵Qián língQianling at Xianyang 咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress…
• 乾安县Qián ān XiànQian'an, a county in Songyuan City 松原市
• 乾嘉三大家Qián Jiā Sān Dà jiāthe three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal…
• 乾安Qián ānsee 乾安县

Words containing 乾

• 萧乾Xiāo QiánXiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second…
• 康乾盛世kāng qián shèng shìbooming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
• 朝乾夕惕zhāo qián xī tìcautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
• 康乾宗迦峰Kāng qián zōng jiā fēngKachenjunga (Himalayan peak)
• 扭转乾坤niǔ zhuǎn qián kūnlit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events…
• 旋乾转坤xuán qián zhuǎn kūnlit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change
• 竺乾Zhú qiánBuddha (archaic); Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)

Characters that look like 乾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 就jiù(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 款kuǎnsection; paragraph; funds
• 配pèito join; to fit; to mate
• 舰jiànwarship
• 鱿yóu(bound form) squid
• 敕chìimperial orders

Sounds the same

Read qián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前front; forward; ahead
• 钱coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 两
• 潜hidden; secret; latent
• 黔(literary) black; to blacken
• 钳pincers; pliers; tongs
• 荨used in 荨麻; also pr. xún
• 虔to act with reverence; reverent
• 掮to carry on the shoulder
• 箝pliers; pincers; to clamp
• 钤latch of door; seal
• 揵carry
• 拑pliers; pincers; to clamp