qián

act with reverence

Evolution

虔 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
虔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
虔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
虔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
虔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qián

act with reverence; reverent; to act with reverence

Most common words with 虔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

虔诚

pious

reverent

虔敬

reverent

虔信

piety

虔信者

devotee

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ra[n]

gjen

qián

kill; cut (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.3798% of movies

2731st most common character in movies

2832nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+8654

Shuowen

“虔,虎行皃。从虍,文聲。讀若矜。”


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