騫

See also: 骞

騫	U+9A2B, 騫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A2B

← 騪
[U+9A2A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

騬 →
[U+9A2C]

Translingual

Han character

騫 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金火 (JTCF), four-corner 3032₇, composition ⿱𡨄馬)

raise, hold high
fly, soar

Derived characters

𡅶, 㩷, 𪸋, 𥜴, 𧟑, 𨰬

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1442, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44894
Dae Jaweon: page 1966, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4572, character 5
Unihan data for U+9A2B

Chinese

trad.		騫
simp.		骞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 騫
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (寒) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
寒	*ɡaːn
蹇	kranʔ, kanʔ
謇	*kranʔ
搴	kranʔ, kʰran
藆	*kranʔ
騫	*kʰran
褰	*kʰran
攐	*kʰran
鑳	*ɡranʔ
寋	*ɡanʔ
鶱	*qʰan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khian / hian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
  - Yale: chyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hin¹
  - Yale: hīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian
  - Tâi-lô: khian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiefn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hian
  - Tâi-lô: hian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiefn
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɛn⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: khjen

Rime
Character	騫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	仙 (79)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去乾切
Baxter	khjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰian/
Li Rong	/kʰjɛn/
Wang Li	/kʰĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰran/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騫
Reading #	1/1
No.	4875
Phonetic component	寒
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	愆
Old Chinese	/*kʰran/

Definitions

騫

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Compounds

軒騫 / 轩骞
騫期 / 骞期
騫汙 / 骞污
騫舉 / 骞举
騫騰 / 骞腾
騫騫 / 骞骞

Japanese

Kanji

騫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): けん (ken)
Kun: かける (kakeru, 騫ける)、とぶ (tobu, 騫ぶ)、かかげる (kakageru, 騫げる)、あやまる (ayamaru, 騫る)

References

https://www.kanjipedia.jp/search?k=騫&kt=1&sk=leftHand

Korean

Hanja

騫 (eum 건 (geon))

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