Chinese Character Entry
| 乾 |
Meaning drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor, first hexagram, warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) |
Chinese readings
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄍㄢ, ㄑㄧㄢˊ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | gān, qián |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | kin4 |
Japanese readings
| On'yomi (Kana): | カン、 ケン、 ゲン |
| On'yomi (Romaji): | kan, ken, gen |
| Kun'yomi (Kana): | かわ.く、 かわ.かす、 ほ.す、 ひ.る、 いぬい |
| Kun'yomi (Romaji): | kawaku, kawakasu, hosu, hiru, inui |
Korean readings
| Hangul: | 간, 건 |
| Romaja: | gan, geon |
Vietnamese readings
| Quốc ngữ: | kiền, can |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 干 |
| Semantic variant form: | 亁 |
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