骑
qí HSK2

ride horseback

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound. Simplified form of 騎.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

騎 qí ride horseback Traditional

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjeC.g(r)aj
(~ *[Cə.g](r)aj)		straddle; ride
gjeH[g](r)aj-s rider

說文解字

《說文》：“騎，跨馬也。从馬，奇聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)