驥
jì

thoroughbred horse

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。

Sources

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

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

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode