馳
chí

go quickly or swiftly

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
也
也 Sound component
yě also

Character Evolution

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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrje[l]rajgallop
Zhengzhangl'al
Unicodedjhiɛ

說文解字

大驅也。从馬也聲。

Sources

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

驰 chí go quickly or swiftly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound. Simplified form of 馳.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
也
也 Sound component
yě also

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode