骑
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to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 馬 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 騎
- Common rank
- #1,705
- Unicode
- U+9A91
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 骑
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骑虎难下 | if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway | |
| 势成骑虎 | if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway | |
| 皇家骑警 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canadian federal and national police force; Mounties | |
| 骑马找马 | (idiom) (coll.) to continue in an unsatisfactory job (or romantic relationship etc) while … | |
| 骑鹤上扬州 | lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position | |
| 骑马 | to ride a horse | |
| 骑行 | to ride (a bicycle, horse, motorbike etc); cycling; horseback riding; motorbike riding | |
| 骑手 | horse rider; equestrian; jockey; bike rider | |
| 骑车 | to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle) | |
| 一骑绝尘 | (idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in o… | |
| 骑士 | knight; cavalier; (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc) | |
| 骑警队 | mounted police detachment (on horse or motorbike) | |
| 铁骑 | armored horses; crack horsemen | |
| 骑师 | jockey; horse rider; horseman; equestrian | |
| 骑射 | equestrian archery; riding and shooting | |
| 骑鹤化 | (Daoism) to die | |
| 骑术 | equestrianism; horsemanship | |
| 骑兵 | cavalry | |
| 游侠骑士 | a knight-errant | |
| 骑枪 | carbine; lance |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 奇 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奇 sound part | strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult | |
| 寄 | to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on | |
| 椅 | chair, seat | |
| 绮 | fine silk; elegant, beautiful | |
| 倚 | to rely on, to depend on | |
| 崎 | rough, uneven; jagged, rugged | |
| 旖 | romantic; tender, charming | |
| 犄 | animal horns | |
| 猗 | exclamation of admiration | |
| 剞 | carving or engraving; knife; grave | |
| 埼 | headland | |
| 琦 | jade, gem, precious stone | |
| 掎 | to pull, to drag; to drag one's feet | |
| 欹 | pleading interjection |