騖
wù

gallop

A horse 馬 working hard 敄; 敄 also provides the pronunciation

Components

敄
敄 SoundMeaning component
wù, móu to put forth effort
馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmoɡs

說文解字

亂馳也。从馬敄聲。

Sources

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

骛 wù gallop Simplified

A horse 马 working hard 敄; 敄 also provides the pronunciation

Components

敄
敄 SoundMeaning component
wù, móu to put forth effort
马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode