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骥

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thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous

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Strokes
19
Radical
馬 +16
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
驥
Common rank
#3,325
Unicode
U+9AA5

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Formation & memory

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How 骥 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

马 meaning “horse” + 冀 sound ( jì )

Components 马 冀

Words with 骥

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WordPinyinMeaning
老骥伏枥,志在千里 lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old peopl…
牛骥同槽 niú jì tóng cáo cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated…
按图索骥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom); fig. to do things along rigid,…
牛骥同皂 niú jì tóng zào cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated…
老骥嘶风 lǎo jì sī fēng old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
老骥 lǎo jì old thoroughbred; fig. aged person with great aspirations
老骥伏枥 lǎo jì fú lì lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged pers…
冯骥才 Féng Jì cái Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary …
骥骜 jì ào fine horse; thoroughbred