骞
qiān

raise

A soldier 宀 mounting a horse 马

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

騫 raise Traditional

A soldier 宀 mounting a horse 马

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰran
Unicodekyɛn

說文解字

馬腹縶也。从馬，寒省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)