CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- qian1
- English meanings
- lead (chemistry)
Stroke practice
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 钅; right (Top–bottom arrangement: top 几; bottom 口.).
Meaning & sound clues
钅 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “metal”.
几 is identified as the sound component (jǐ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 铅.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
Qian (heaven trigram)
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
Example sentences
Read the Chinese sentence, then check its English translation.
- 01
A pencil.
- 02
A shot put.
- 03
A pencil drawing.
- 04
Easy to write with.
- 05
Fine creation.
- 06
Well loved.
Related words
Explore words connected to this character.
- 铅笔