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CHINESE CHARACTER
qián
乾
乾
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Qian (heaven trigram)
- Numbered pinyin
- qian2
- English meanings
- Qian, one of the Eight Trigrams, representing heaven and the male/creative principle; used in names and terms such as 乾坤 and 乾隆
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
front
thousand
moat; trench
inlay; embed
yawn
apology
easy
dive; latent
pull
sign
euryale; starch
pious; sincere
modest; humble
blame; condemn
move
send; dispatch
sum
pliers; clamp
lead (chemistry)
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Related words
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- 乾坤
- 乾隆
- 乾卦