# 騫

| 騫 | U+9A2B, &#39467; 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 3032$_7$, 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
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 騫
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 (qian$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hin$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khian / hian
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cian
*** Wade–Giles: chʻien$^1$
*** Yale: chyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
*** Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hin$^1$
*** Yale: hīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /kʰi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hin$^1$ |
* 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

(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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