駒
jū

colt

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
句
句 Sound component
jù sentence

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangko
Unicodeqio

說文解字

馬二歲曰駒，三歲曰駣。从馬句聲。

Sources

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

驹 jū colt Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駒.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
句
句 Sound component
jù sentence

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode