乾
N1けん ken
- heaven
- 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"
}
}