懂中文 Dong Chinese

騫

qiān

raise

A soldier 宀 mounting a horse 马

Components
宀 meaning component

宀  Meaning component

mián

  

roof

馬 meaning component

馬  Meaning component

mǎ

  

horse

Evolution

騫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
騫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
騫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
騫 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
騫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

骞 (騫) 

qiān

raise, hold high; fly, soar; defective; raise

Most common words with 騫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

骞

raise

张骞

Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC