騫

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See also: 骞
騫 U+9A2B, 騫
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A2B
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 騬 →

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

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

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
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

Japanese

Kanji

騫

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

References

Korean

Hanja

騫 (eum 건 (geon))

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