shǐ
sail
Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 史 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駛.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 驶
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to drive | ||
to travel along a route (of vehicles etc) | ||
pilot | ||
to gallop | ||
driver's license |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 15.5855% of movies
1572nd most common character in movies
1520th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+9A76 |
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