乾
qián
乾
Meaning
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven; male principle; ☰
Strokes
11 strokesWord Examples
乾隆qián lóng
the Qianlong era
乾坤qián kūn
yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe
扭转乾坤niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to change the course of events
