乾元

Chinese

		dry; clean; male dry; clean; male; strong; one of the Eight Trigrams; surname	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (乾元)		乾	元

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qiányuán

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qiányuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ciányuán
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻien²-yüan²
  - Yale: Chyán-ywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chyanyuan
  - Palladius: Цяньюань (Cjanʹjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

Proper noun

乾元

a Chinese era name, the second era of Emperor Suzong of Tang, from 758 to 760

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乾	元
けん Grade: S	げん Grade: 2
kan'on

Proper noun

乾(けん)元(げん) • (Kengen)

the Kengen era, 1302-1303

See also

正安(しょうあん) (Shōan) (era preceding Kengen)
嘉元(かげん) (Kagen) (era following Kengen)