乾

noun: first trigram of the Ba Gua (Qian), heaven; sky (figurative)
乾

2 candidate readings from Wiktionary — genuine Chaozhou colloquial form not yet confirmed by a speaker. This entry covers only the trigram/Qian sense; candidates gang1/guan1 ('dry') and da1 (alt form of 焦) are tied to distinct Wiktionary sense blocks and drafted as separate entries.