騏
qí

piebald horse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgi[ɡ](r)əblack-mottled grey horse
Zhengzhangɡɯ

說文解字

馬青驪，文如博棊也。从馬其聲。

Sources

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

骐 qí piebald horse Simplified

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

horse

其
其 Sound component
qí its, his, (3p possessive)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode