Memory phrase for the character: 乾

乾

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Meaning

warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干

Pronunciation

gān, qián

Explanation

Left: 倝 sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: to beg 乞 (There lies a disadvantaged person (= from the second 乙 class of the society): a beggar.)

Mnemonic


 
At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.

Radicals

sun riseThe 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.
乞 to begTop: horizontal person , below: odd/fine/grade B/2nd 乙 (There lies an oddly nice but second rated beggar.)
person lying downThis 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)
乙 at second positionShows the number two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 is just above the horizon 一 at sunrise.




 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
 

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