挡驾
dǎng​jià

turn away

挡 dǎng obstruct Simplified

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
当
当 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

驾 jià to drive Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駕.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

擋 dǎng obstruct Traditional

A hand 扌 raised at the right time 當; 當 also provides the pronunciation

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
當
當 SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋʔ
taːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

駕 jià to drive Traditional

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
加
加 Sound component
jiā add

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaeHkˤraj-s hitch horses to a chariot

說文解字

《說文》：“駕，馬在軛中。从馬，加聲。，籀文駕。”

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)