乾曜 qiányào the sun Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 乾 qián [trigram] One of the Eight Trigrams (☰) symbolizing heaven and the male principle; one of the Sixty-four Hexagrams (䷀); the compass point 315° (northwest)曜 yào sunlight (bound form) sunlight; bright light; brilliance