Definitions

qiān the name of a mountain

Etymology phono-semantic

mountain

Semantic: Phonetic:

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The character 岍 is a proper noun used as the name of Mount Qian, a mountain historically located in Shaanxi province. It is a phono-semantic compound: the left side features the semantic radical 山 (mountain), indicating its geographical nature, while the right side contains the phonetic component 开, which provides its pronunciation. As a specific geographic marker, 岍 appears primarily in historical geographies, local gazetteers, and classical literature describing the region’s landscape.