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Information of 乾

Pinyinqián、 gān

Radical

乙

Strokes

11 strokes

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Definition

dry, (surname) / male / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams

乾 [qián]1. 八卦之一，代表天。 The first of the Eight Diagrams, representing the sky. 2. 旧时称男性的。 Formerly referred to men.---乾 [qián] (动) (俗作乹。形声。从乙，倝声 (gàn)。乙，象植物屈曲生长的样子。本义:上出) 同本义 (English: go up)引:1. 《说文》：乾，上出也。段注:此乾字之本义也。自有文字以后，乃用为卦名，而孔子释之曰健也。健之义生于上出，上出为乾，下注则为湿，故乾与湿相对，俗别其音，古无是也。 "Shuowen": Qian means to go up. This is the original meaning of the character. After the advent of writing, it became the name for a trigram, as explained by Confucius to mean 'strong'. The meaning of strong arises from going up; going up is Qian, going down is wet, hence Qian corresponds with wet, which is a distinction not found in ancient times.---乾 [qián] (名)1. 八卦的首卦;天The first of the Eight Diagrams; sky. 引: 1. 朱骏声《说文通训定声》：达于上者谓之乾。凡上达者莫若气，天为积气，故乾为天。 "Zhu Junsong": Those who reach above are called Qian. Among everything that reaches upwards, breath (qi) is the foremost; heavens are the repository of breath, thus Qian represents heaven. 2. 《易·说卦传》：乾，天也。 "Yijing" Commentary: Qian is heaven. 3. 《易·系辞传》：乾，阳物也。 "Yijing" Commentary: Qian is a Yang thing. 4. 《易·杂卦传》：乾刚坤柔。 "Yijing" Commentary: Qian is rigid, Kun is flexible. 5. 《易·说卦》：乾为天、为圜、为君、为父、为玉、为金、为寒、为冰、为大赤、为良马、为老马、为瘠马、为驳马、为木果。 "Yijing" Commentary: Qian represents heaven, the circle, the monarch, the father, jade, gold, cold, ice, the big red, good horses, old horses, lean horses, and piebald horses. 例：又如: 乾方(天方); 乾元(天); 乾施(上天的施予); 乾首(天的高处); 乾刚(天道刚健); 乾象(天象); 乾启(上天的启示); 乾钧(天钧，北极之地，泛指北方); 乾道(天道)。 Examples: Such as Qianfang (heavenly side); Qianyuan (heaven); Qianshi (gift from heaven); Qianshou (highest point of heaven); Qiangang (the firmness of heavenly principles); Qianxiang (heavenly phenomena); Qianqi (revelation from heaven); Qianjun (Tianjun, the North Pole region, generally refers to the North); Qiandao (the way of heaven).2. 指君主。 Refers to the monarch. 例：如: 乾化(帝王的教化); 乾心(帝心); 乾居(帝王); 乾符(帝王受命于天的吉祥征兆)。 Examples: Such as Qianhua (the enlightenment of the emperor); Qianxin (the heart of the emperor); Qianju (the emperor); Qianfu (the auspicious sign of the emperor receiving the mandate of heaven).3. 太阳。 The sun. 例：如: 乾晖(阳光); 乾曜(太阳)。 Examples: Such as Qianhui (sunlight); Qianyao (the sun).4. 代表西北方。 Represents the north-west. 例：如: 乾冈(西北方位的山冈); 乾风(西北风); 乾雷(西北方的响雷)。 Examples: Such as Qiangan (hill in the north-west); Qianfeng (north-west wind); Qianlei (thunder from the north-west).5. 代表男性。 Represents man. 例：如: 旧时婚姻中称男方为“乾造”，男家为“乾宅”。 Examples: In traditional marriages, the man’s side was referred to as "Qianzao," and the man's family as "Qianzai."6. 姓。 A surname.7. 另见 gān。 See also gān.---形容词 没有水分或缺乏水分的。与「湿」相对。 Adjective: Lacking moisture or water. Opposite of "wet". 【组词】：「乾柴」、「乾毛巾」。 Words: "dry wood," "dry towel".形容词 枯竭。 Adjective: Exhausted. 【组词】：「外强中乾」。 Words: "externally strong but internally dry."

扭转乾坤 niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn

lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. to change the course of events / to turn things around

朝乾夕惕 zhāo qián xī tì

cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)

Input Method for 乾

Pinyinqian2

Wubi

fjtn

Cangjie

jjon

Zhengma

edmy

Four Corner

48417

Unicode

U+4e7e

Same Pronunciation Characters

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Same Radical Characters

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