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乾
Qián
1. surname Qian
Common • Top 9% ✏️ 11 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

乾
gān
arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
11 丶

Compound Words (13)

乾坤
qiánkūn
Heaven and earth
乾安
Qiánān
Qian'an county in Songyuan [[松原]], Jilin
乾县
QiánXiàn
Qian County in Xianyang [[咸陽|咸阳<Xiányáng>]], Shaanxi
乾陵
Qiánlíng
Qianling at Xianyang [[咸陽市|咸阳市]] in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor [[高宗]] and empress Wuzetian [[武則天|武则天]]
乾隆
Qiánlóng
Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title [[寶親王|宝亲王<BǎoQīnwáng>]], personal name [[弘曆|弘历<Hónglì>]], reigned 1735-1799
竺乾
Zhúqián
Buddha (archaic)
萧乾
XiāoQián
Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
乾安县
Qiánānxiàn
Qian'an county in Songyuan [[松原]], Jilin
康乾盛世
kāngqiánshèngshì
booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors)
旋乾转坤
xuánqiánzhuǎnkūn
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
朝乾夕惕
zhāoqiánxītì
cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
乾嘉三大家
QiánJiāsāndàjiā
Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei [[袁枚]], Jiang Shiquan [[蔣士銓|蒋士铨]] and Zhao Yi [[趙翼|赵翼]]
康乾宗迦峰
Kāngqiánzōngjiāfēng
Kachenjunga (Himalayan peak)

Alternate Entries

乾
qián
old variant of [[乾<qián>]]
乾
qián
one of the Eight Trigrams [[八卦<bāguà>]], symbolizing heaven / male principle / [[☰]]
乾
qián
variant of [[乾<qián>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,998
Word Frequency Rank
7,527 of 84,292