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騫
騫
See also: 骞
Translingual
Han character
騫 (radical 187 馬+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十廿金火 (JTCF), four-corner 30327, composition ⿱𡨄馬)
References
- KangXi: page 1442, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44894
- Dae Jaweon: page 1966, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4572, character 5
- Unihan data for U+9A2B
Chinese
| trad. | 騫 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 骞 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 騫
|
|---|
| Small seal script |
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| 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
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
- Wade-Giles: ch'ien1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hin1
- Yale: hīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hin1
- IPA (key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 騫 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 溪 (29) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (79) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 去乾切 |
| 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 |
| 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
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Japanese
Kanji
騫
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
騫 • (geon) (hangeul 건, revised geon, McCune-Reischauer kŏn, Yale ken)
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