駿
jùn

excellent horse

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttswinH[ts]ur-sfine horse
Zhengzhangʔsluns
Unicodetzuìn

說文解字

馬之良材者。从馬夋聲。

Sources

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

骏 jùn excellent horse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 夋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駿.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
夋
夋 Sound component
qūn to dawdle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode