Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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: 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. |
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 | (When this person 人 is made flat, like in this radical, you get the: "lying person". (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 | (sun over the horizon) |
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 |
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