骆
luòLuò

a white horse with black mane

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駱.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

駱 luò a white horse with black mane Traditional

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlak[r]ˤakwhite horse with black mane
Zhengzhangɡ·raːɡ
Unicodelɑk

說文解字

馬白色黑鬣尾也。从馬各聲。

Sources

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