骥骜
jì'ào

thoroughbred

骥 jì thoroughbred horse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 冀 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驥.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
冀
冀 Sound component
jì hope for

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骜 ào, yào wild horse Simplified

A rambling 敖 horse 马; 敖 also provides the pronunciation

Components

敖
敖 SoundMeaning component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam
马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

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驥 thoroughbred horse Traditional

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
冀
冀 Sound component
jì hope for

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkrɯls
Unicodegyì

說文解字

千里馬也，孫陽所相者。从馬冀聲。天水有驥縣。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

驁 wild horse Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːw
ŋaːws
Unicodengɑu
ngɑ̀u

說文解字

駿馬。以壬申日死，乘馬忌之。从馬敖聲。

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)