騫

See also: 骞

Translingual

Han character

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

1. raise, hold high
2. fly, soar

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

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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

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 騫

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Japanese

Kanji

騫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けん (ken)
• Kun: かける (kakeru), そこなう (sokonau), あやまる (ayamaru)

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Korean

Hanja

騫 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune–Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)

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