horse

Origin & mnemonic

A pictograph of a horse, showing the head at the top, mane along the back, and four legs below. In oracle-bone script, the glyph clearly depicts the ears, face, and four legs of a horse.

Mnemonic: The horse radical looks like a sturdy horse standing on four legs with a flowing mane across the top.

• 骑qí🔊

  to sit astride

  HSK 2

  11 strokes

• 骐qí🔊

  (literary) black horse

  11 strokes

• 骒kè🔊

  (bound form) (of a horse, mule, camel etc) female

  11 strokes

• 骓zhuī🔊

  (literary) piebald horse

  11 strokes

• 骔zōng🔊

  variant of 騣|鬃[zong1]

  11 strokes

• 骕sù🔊

  used in 驌驦|骕骦[su4 shuang1]

  11 strokes

• 骖cān🔊

  outside horses of a team of 4

  11 strokes

• 𫘦táo🔊

  used in 騊駼|𫘦𬳿[tao2 tu2]

  11 strokes

• 𫘧lù🔊

  (horse)

  11 strokes

• 骗piàn🔊

  to cheat

  HSK 5

  12 strokes

• 冯Féng🔊

  surname Feng

  12 strokes

• 骚sāo🔊

  (bound form) to disturb; to disrupt

  12 strokes

• 驭yù🔊

  variant of 御[yu4]

  12 strokes

• 骘zhì🔊

  a stallion

  12 strokes

• 骙kuí🔊

  (of a horse) powerful

  12 strokes

• 骛wù🔊

  (bound form) to rush about

  12 strokes

• 𫘨tí🔊

  used in 駃騠|𫘝𫘨[jue2 ti2]

  12 strokes

• 驮tuó🔊

  to carry on one's back

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 蓦mò🔊

  leap on or over

  13 strokes

• 驰chí🔊

  to run fast

  13 strokes

• 驯xùn🔊

  to attain gradually

  HSK 7

  13 strokes

• 骜ào🔊

  a noble steed (literary)

  13 strokes

• 骝liú🔊

  bay horse with black mane

  13 strokes

• 骞qiān🔊

  (literary) to hold high

  13 strokes

• 骟shàn🔊

  to geld

  13 strokes

• 𫘪yuán🔊

  chestnut horse with white belly

  13 strokes

• 𫘬xí🔊

  (literary) horse with white forelegs

  13 strokes

• 骡luó🔊

  mule

  14 strokes

• 驲rì🔊

  horse for relaying dispatches

  14 strokes

• 驳bó🔊

  variegated

  14 strokes

• 𫘝jué🔊

  used in 駃騠|𫘝𫘨[jue2 ti2]

  14 strokes

• 骠piào🔊

  white horse

  14 strokes

• 骢cōng🔊

  buckskin horse

  14 strokes

• 驾jià🔊

  to harness

  HSK 7

  15 strokes

• 驹jū🔊

  colt

  15 strokes

• 驻zhù🔊

  to halt

  HSK 6

  15 strokes

• 驷sì🔊

  team of 4 horses

  15 strokes

• 驶shǐ🔊

  (of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed

  15 strokes

• 𬳶jiōng🔊

  (literary) (of a horse) stout; sturdy

  15 strokes

• 駋zhāo🔊

  (horse)

  15 strokes

• 驽nú🔊

  (literary) inferior horse

  15 strokes

• 𬳵pī🔊

  (horse)

  15 strokes

• 驵zǎng🔊

  powerful horse

  15 strokes

• 骀tái🔊

  tired

  15 strokes

• 驸fù🔊

  prince consort

  15 strokes

• 驼tuó🔊

  variant of 駝|驼[tuo2]

  15 strokes

• 駠liú🔊

  old variant of 騮|骝[liu2]

  15 strokes

• 骣chǎn🔊

  (literary) to ride a horse without a saddle

  15 strokes