Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 冀 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (骥)
Notes
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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
驥
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
驥
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
驥
Regular
Modern
Chinese
骥 / 驥 [jì]
thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
驥 き
Ki given name
CHINESE WORDS (9)
冯骥才 [FéngJìcái] #42,411
Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
按图索骥 [àntúsuǒjì] #44,238
lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
老骥伏枥 [lǎojìfúlì] #57,677
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
牛骥同槽 [niújìtóngcáo]
cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
牛骥同皂 [niújìtóngzào]
cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
老骥 [lǎojì]
old thoroughbred
老骥伏枥，志在千里 [lǎojìfúlì, zhìzàiqiānlǐ]
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
老骥嘶风 [lǎojìsīfēng]
old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
骥骜 [jì'ào]
fine horse