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乾

Traditional: 乹 · 亁

qián

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qián · gon1 (Jyutping)

  1. old variant of 乾[qian2]
  2. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven
  3. male principle
  4. ☰
  5. ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
  6. variant of 乾[qian2]
  7. surname Qian

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Character breakdown

乾

Meaning
dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
Radical
乙
Strokes
11
Components
⿰龺乞
Cangjie
JJON
Four-corner
4841.7

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