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骑

qí, jì

ride horseback

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound. Simplified form of 騎.

Components
马 meaning component

马  Meaning component

mǎ

  

horse

奇 sound component

奇  Sound component

qí, jī

  

strange

Evolution

骑 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
骑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
骑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
骑 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
骑 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

骑 (騎) 

qí

ride horseback; mount; cavalry; to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses

骑 (騎) 

jì

(Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier

Most common words with 骑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

骑

to sit astride

骑士

horseman

骑兵

cavalry

骑马

to ride a horse

骑车

to cycle

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 19.2696% of movies

1188th most common character in movies

1398th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

騎

Unicode

U+9A91


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