駁
bó

varicolored

Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 爻 represents the sound.

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
爻
爻 Sound component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartpæwkpˤrawkhorse of mixed color
Zhengzhangpraːwɢ

說文解字

馬色不純。从馬爻聲。

Sources

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

驳 bó varicolored Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 爻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駁.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
爻
爻 Sound component
yáo, xiào diagrams for divination

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode