驍
xiāo

excellent horse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋkeːw
Unicodegeu

說文解字

良馬也。从馬堯聲。

Sources

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

骁 xiāo excellent horse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驍.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode