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Meaning of 乾

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Pinyin: qián
English Definition: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 , symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest); one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 , symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰; ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
Chinese Definition:
①八卦之一,代表天:乾坤(“坤”,代表地)。
②旧时称男性的:乾造。乾宅。
Antonyms:
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Ideographic: Rays emanating from the ; provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ gān ] sunlight; the rays of the sun
    • [ ] to beg; to request
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Example Words
乾坤 qián kūn yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
旋转乾坤 xuán zhuǎn qián kūn earth-shaking (idiom)
乾安 qián ān Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原 , Jilin
乾安县 qián ān xiàn Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原 , Jilin
乾县 qián xiàn Qian County in Xianyang 咸阳 , Shaanxi
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Example Sentences
1
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
2
For infants, we provided milk, fruit and nutritious biscuits.
3
For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
4
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Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
5
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.