黔

Qián

q+ián·2nd tone

short name for Guizhou

Radical: 黑 Strokes: 16

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Less common

Same radical

黑默黠黛黜黩黝黯黥黧黟黪

Same radical

黑默黠黛黜黩黝黯黥黧黟黪黢

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Stroke Order · 16 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

黔=黑+今

Etymology

black

Meanings

short name for Guizhou

Qián

(literary) black; to blacken

qián

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Words with 黔 44 total

(archaic) the common people黔首qián shǒu Hunan-Guizhou湘黔Xiāng Qián Qianjiang, a district of Chongqing黔江区Qián jiāng Qū Qianxi, a county-level city in Bijie City, Guizhou黔西市Qián xī Shì to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)黔驴技穷Qián lu:2 jì qióng Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province黔南布依族苗族自治州Qián nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province黔东南苗族侗族自治州Qián dōng nán Miáo zú Dòng zú Zì zhì zhōu Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in Guizhou Province黔西南布依族苗族自治州Qián xī nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú Zì zhì zhōu

Idioms with 黔 7 total Chain

to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)黔驴技穷Qián lu:2 jì qióng

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