乾

qián
  1. one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 bāguà, symbolizing heaven
  2. male principle
  3. ☰
  4. ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)

CEDICT

Homographs

乾 qián old variant of 乾 qián
乾 Qián surname Qian
干 Gān surname Gan
干 gān
  1. dry
  2. dried food
  3. empty; hollow
  4. taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster
  5. futile; in vain
  6. (dialect) rude; blunt
  7. (dialect) to cold-shoulder
乾 qián variant of 乾 qián