乾 - Dong Chinese dictionary

gān, gàn, qián

dry

倝 is used to represent the sound. 乙 is a distinguishing stroke.

Components

倝 Sound component

gàn

sunrise

乙 Unknown component

yǐ, zhé

second

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

干 (乾)

gān

dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); clean; in vain; dried food; foster; adoptive; to ignore

干 (乾)

Gān

surname Gan

乾

Qián

surname Qian

乾

qián

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bāguà], symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

乾 (乹)

qián

old variant of 乾[qián]

乾 (亁)

qián

variant of 乾[qián]

Most common words with 乾

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	乾	☰
	乾坤	yin and yang
	乾隆	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
	扭转乾坤	to turn things around
	乾陵	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