Phonetic Reading of the Character '乾'

Animated Stroke Order of 乾：

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Stroke Sequence of the Character '乾'

Radical：乙 Strokes：11

Pinyin & Definition:

gān	dry/clean/surname Gan
qián	surname Qian/strong/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 representing sky/male principle

Related Chinese characters:

摊，环，姬，饶，给，骤，习，舵，层，战，

Words with Chinese Character 乾:

乾	surname Qian
乾县	Qian county in Xiányáng 咸陽\|咸阳
乾嘉三大家	Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓\|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼\|赵翼
乾坤	Heaven and earth Yin and Yang The Universe
乾安	Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
乾安县	Qian'an county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
乾陵	Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市\|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天\|武则天
乾隆	Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796)