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.

• 驴lǘ🔊

  donkey

  7 strokes

• 驱qū🔊

  to expel

  7 strokes

• 驲rì🔊

  horse for relaying dispatches

  7 strokes

• 驳bó🔊

  variegated

  7 strokes

• 𫘝jué🔊

  used in 駃騠|𫘝𫘨[jue2 ti2]

  7 strokes

• 驾jià🔊

  to harness

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 驹jū🔊

  colt

  8 strokes

• 驻zhù🔊

  to halt

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 驷sì🔊

  team of 4 horses

  8 strokes

• 驶shǐ🔊

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

  8 strokes

• 驵zǎng🔊

  powerful horse

  8 strokes

• 驸fù🔊

  prince consort

  8 strokes

• 驺zōu🔊

  groom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)

  8 strokes

• 驼tuó🔊

  variant of 駝|驼[tuo2]

  8 strokes

• 驽nú🔊

  (literary) inferior horse

  8 strokes

• 驿yì🔊

  post horse

  8 strokes

• 骀tái🔊

  tired

  8 strokes

• 𬳵pī🔊

  (horse)

  8 strokes

• 𬳶jiōng🔊

  (literary) (of a horse) stout; sturdy

  8 strokes

• 骆luò🔊

  camel

  9 strokes

• 骁xiāo🔊

  good horse

  9 strokes

• 骃yīn🔊

  iron-gray (horse)

  9 strokes

• 骄jiāo🔊

  proud

  9 strokes

• 骅huá🔊

  chestnut horse

  9 strokes

• 骇hài🔊

  to astonish

  9 strokes

• 骈pián🔊

  (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side

  9 strokes

• 骉biāo🔊

  a horde of horses

  9 strokes

• 𬳽shēn🔊

  large crowd

  9 strokes

• 𱅒chěng🔊

  variant of 騁|骋[cheng3]

  9 strokes

• 马mǎ🔊

  horse

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 骋chěng🔊

  to hasten

  10 strokes

• 验yàn🔊

  to examine

  HSK 7

  10 strokes

• 骊lí🔊

  black horse

  10 strokes

• 骍xīng🔊

  horse (or cattle) of reddish color

  10 strokes

• 骎qīn🔊

  fleet horse

  10 strokes

• 骏jùn🔊

  spirited horse

  10 strokes

• 𬳿tú🔊

  used in 騊駼|𫘦𬳿[tao2 tu2]

  10 strokes