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驷
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team of four horses

HSK 10
Nature →Animals
sì
シ
사
Four 四 horses 馬; 四 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (駟)
馬 horse+ 四 four =
駟 team of four horses
馬 Meaning component
horse
四 Meaning component
sì four
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Simplified (驷)
马 steed+ 四 four =
驷 team of four horses
马 Meaning component
mǎ steed
horse
四 Meaning component
sì four
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Notes
Similar Characters
嗎 yes or no (trad)媽 mama (trad)瑪 Mary (trad)碼 numeral (trad)罵 scold (trad/jp)螞 leech-hopper (trad)羈 halter (trad)闖 rush (trad)馭 control (trad)馮 Feng (trad)馱 carry on back (trad)馳 gallop (trad)馴 tame (trad)駁 refute (trad)駐 be stationed (trad/jp)駑 horse (trad)駒 fleet (trad/jp)駕 drive (trad)駙 extra (trad)駛 maneuver (trad)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
駟
Regular
Modern
Chinese
驷 / 駟 [sì]
team of 4 horses
Japanese
駟 し 同音
noun four-horse carriage; team of four horses
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (2)
一言既出，驷马难追 [yī​yán​jì​chū​, ​sì​mǎ​nán​zhuī]
lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
君子一言，驷马难追 [jūn​zǐ​yī​yán​, ​sì​mǎ​nán​zhuī]
a nobleman's word is his bond (proverb)
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
駟馬 [しば] #133,225
four-horse carriage
駟も舌に及ばず [しもしたにおよばず] #314,535
rumors travel faster than a four-horse carriage