张骞 (Zhāng Qiān): meaning and stroke order
张骞 (Zhāng Qiān) means Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC.
张骞
- Simplified
- 张骞
- Traditional
- 張騫
- Pinyin
- Zhāng Qiān
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Stroke order of 张骞
张
- Zhāng surname Zhang
- zhāng to open up; to spread
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 張
Stroke by stroke
骞
- qiān (literary) to hold high
- 13 strokes
- Traditional form: 騫
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Meaning of 张骞
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Zhāng Qiān
Traditional 張騫
- Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
Radicals of the characters
- 张
- Radical 弓 (Kangxi radical 57) · 7 strokes · 弓 on the left, 长 on the right
- 骞
- Radical 马 (Kangxi radical 187) in its simplified form · 13 strokes · 𡨄 on top, 马 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
张骞 in our stories
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一个叫张骞的年轻官员主动站了出来，带着一百多人出发了。
yí gè jiào Zhāng Qiān de niánqīng guānyuán zhǔdòng zhàn le chūlai dài zhe yìbǎi duō rén chūfā le
A young official called Zhang Qian volunteered and set off with more than a hundred men.
From the story Zhang Qian's mission to the West HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).