qián

black

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
黑 meaning component

  Meaning component

hēi

  

black

今 sound component

  Sound component

jīn

  

now

Evolution

黔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
黔 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
黔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qián

black; Guizhou

 

Qián

abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Guì​zhōu]

Most common words with 黔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

黔驴技穷

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)

abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Guì​zhōu]

黔南州

Qiannan, abbr. for Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州, Guizhou, capital Duyun city 都勻市

黔西南州

Qianxinan, abbr. for Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州, Guizhou, capital Xing'yi city 興義市|兴义市

黔东南州

Qiandongnan, abbr. for Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou, capital Kaili city 凱里市|凯里市