(qiān)

13 strokesTrad.

(literary) to hold high

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
qiān
Meaning
(literary) to hold high
Strokes
13
HSK level
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿳宀?马

A soldier 宀 mounting a horse 马

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged three parts stacked.

How to write step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhāngqiān

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

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