乾 けん Meanings Noun qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest) See also: 易経 (えききょう). Kanji 乾 dry. Read as ケン. Words containing 乾 乾元 (けんげん) Kengen era (1302.11.21-1303.8.5) 乾坤 (けんこん) heaven and earth 乾道 (けんどう) the ways of heaven And 7 more. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists