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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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

Idioms with 黔 7 total Chain

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