乾道 qiándào ways of heaven Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents qiándào ways of heaven 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)道 dào verb principle (bound form) way; reason; principle; truth; logic; moralityqiándào Qiandao (Southern Song) · Qiandao (Western Xia) 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)道 dào noun road road; path; way