駟
sì

team of four horses

Four 四 horses 馬; 四 also provides the pronunciation

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
四
四 SoundMeaning component
sì four

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsijHs.li[j]-steam of four horses
Zhengzhanghljids
Unicodesì

說文解字

一乘也。从馬四聲。

Sources

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

驷 sì team of four horses Simplified

Four 四 horses 马; 四 also provides the pronunciation

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
四
四 SoundMeaning component
sì four

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode