銮驾
luán​jià

imperial chariot

銮 luán bells hung on horse Simplified

A bell 金 dangling from a tassel 亦

Components

亦
亦 Meaning component
yì also
金
金 Meaning component
jīn metal

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

鑾 bells hung on horse Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

金
金 Meaning component
jīn metal
䜌
䜌 Sound component
luán tie together

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlwan[m]ə.rˤonharness bells
Zhengzhangb·roːn
Unicodeluɑn

說文解字

人君乘車，四馬鑣，八鑾鈴，象鸞鳥聲，和則敬也。从金，从鸞省。

Sources

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

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)