乾

Information about character(s)

Radical: 乙
Radical Strokes: 1
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 干
Variants: 亁

Pronunciation

Pinyin: gān, qián
Cantonese: gon1 kin4
JapaneseKun: KAWAKU KAWAKASU INUI
JapaneseOn: KAN KEN GEN
Korean: KAN KEN
Vietnamese: kiền

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)

CE-Dict: dry/clean/in vain/dried food/foster/adoptive/to ignore

Soothill: Dry, dried up, clean; heaven, male, masculine, enduring, continual. Translit. gan (गन्) and h (ह्).

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《乙部》乾上出也。从乙，乙，物之達也；倝聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集上】【乙字部】乾
〔古文〕漧𠄋【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤渠焉切，音虔。易卦名。【程頤曰】以形體謂之天，以性情謂之乾。【本義】乾，健也。【釋名】乾，進也。行不息也。　又馬飾曰連乾。【顧況詩】金鞍玉勒錦連乾。　又姓。　又州名。古雍州地，唐置乾州。　又【唐韻】古寒切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】居寒切，𠀤音干。燥也。【詩·王風】中谷有蓷，暵其乾矣。【左傳·僖十五年】慶鄭曰：張脈僨興，外彊中乾。　又乾侯，地名。言其水常竭也。今廣平府成安縣，卽其地。【說文】𧸟作𨝌。　又桑乾，河名。卽濕水。【水經注】濕水，出鴈門隂館縣東北，過代郡桑乾縣南，又東過涿鹿縣北，又東南出山過廣陽薊縣北。　又乾沒。【史記·張湯傳】始爲小吏乾沒。【註】言掩取貨利，沒爲已有，如水盡涸也。　又【韻補】叶渠巾切，音勤。【邯鄲淳受命述】治詠儒墨，納策公卿。昧旦孜孜，夕惕乾乾。叶下人。　又叶經天切，音堅。【韓愈詩】𣁪𣁪新葉大，瓏瓏晚花乾。靑天何寥寥，雨蝶飛翩翩。【註】乾，花色不潤也。

Japanese Places Inui (loc)

CF-Dict: faire/se débrouiller/capable

Han-De-Dict: Erstes der Acht Trigramme im Bagua des I Ging, "Trockenheit" (u.E.)

Finnish: luova, miehinen, energinen, dynaaminen, kestävä, mestarillinen, korkeampi tarkoitus