骞 – vocab dash

Keyword

to lift

to raise
to fly
to soar

Frequency: #4545
Strokes: 13

Readings

qiān

Mnemonic

A soldier 宀 mounting a horse 马

Stroke order

Composed of

宀roof 马horse

Used in vocabulary

(literary) to hold high

张骞ZhāngQiān

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