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乾けん

N1
けん ken
  1. heaven
  2. emperor
noun

Chinese meanings

乾卦;天

Examples

  • 乾は八卦の一つで天を表す。
    Qian is one of the eight trigrams and represents heaven.
    乾是八卦之一,代表天。
  • 易で乾の意味を学んだ。
    I learned the meaning of qian in the Book of Changes.
    我学习了《易》中乾的含义。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('578447ed67'); // 乾
{
  "id": "578447ed67",
  "word": "乾",
  "reading": "けん",
  "romaji": "ken",
  "meanings": [
    "heaven",
    "emperor"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1577540,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "乾は八卦の一つで天を表す。",
      "en": "Qian is one of the eight trigrams and represents heaven."
    },
    {
      "ja": "易で乾の意味を学んだ。",
      "en": "I learned the meaning of qian in the Book of Changes."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "7b78fc118e1179b37fbd05eeaa484b410a6692f9d246a9af8e4c6e4200a9adcf",
    "meanings": [
      "乾卦",
      "天"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "乾は八卦の一つで天を表す。",
        "zh": "乾是八卦之一,代表天。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "易で乾の意味を学んだ。",
        "zh": "我学习了《易》中乾的含义。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/578447ed67",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1577540; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "4293de8968af4be9c871b7849963ee9d81a08c7a1c472b2aa050e1b24eef737c",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}