Memory phrase for the Kanji: 乾
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乾 |
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Meaning
| warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
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Pronunciation |
gān, qián |
Explanation |
Left: 倝 sunrise  (sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: horizontal person  , 2nd 乙 (two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen) |
Mnemonic
| At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.
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Radicals
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sun rise | The sun 日 rises between plants 艹. The very similar radical 莫 stands for sunset. This seems bizarre, can be argued based on the characters for morning 朝 in comparison to evening 暮. |
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lying person | This radical can be seen as a person 人 who has the right leg horizontal 一. He is thus lying. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫) |
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乙
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at second position | Shows the number two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen. |
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旦
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sun rise | The sun 日 above the horizon 一 at sunrise. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 乾隆 |
Qián Lóng |
Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796) |
| 乾坤 |
qián kūn |
Heaven and earth; Yin and Yang; The Universe |
| 旋乾转坤 |
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn |
lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering; a radical change |
| 旋乾转坤 |
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn |
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