黔 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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qián

black

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 今 represents the sound.

Components

黑 Meaning component

hēi

black

今 Sound component

jīn

now

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qián

black; Guizhou

Qián

abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Guìzhōu]

Most common words with 黔

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	黔驴技穷	to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
	黔	abbr. for Guizhou province 貴州\|贵州[Guìzhōu]
	黔南州	Qiannan, abbr. for Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州, Guizhou, capital Duyun city 都勻市
	黔西南州	Qianxinan, abbr. for Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州, Guizhou, capital Xing'yi city 興義市\|兴义市
	黔东南州	Qiandongnan, abbr. for Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州\|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou, capital Kaili city 凱里市\|凯里市

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[g](r)[o]m	gjem	qián	black

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3989th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	16
Unicode	U+9ED4
Shuowen	“黔，黎也。从黑，今聲。秦謂民為黔首，謂黑色也。周謂之黎民。《易》曰：‘為黔喙。’”

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