驊

See also: 骅

驊 U 9A4A, 驊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A4A ← 驉 [U 9A49] CJK Unified Ideographs 驋 → [U 9A4B]

Translingual

Han character

驊 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬 10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 尸火廿一十 (SFTMJ), four-corner 7435₄, composition ⿰馬華)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1444, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44982
• Dae Jaweon: page 1969, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4569, character 8
• Unihan data for U 9A4A

Chinese

trad.		驊
simp.		骅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 驊
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (華) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鞾	*qʰʷa
華	*qʰʷraː, *ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs
譁	*qʰʷraː
樺	*ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs
嘩	*ɡʷraː
驊	*ɡʷraː
鏵	*ɡʷraː
崋	*ɡʷraː, *ɡʷraːs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huá (hua²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waa⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huá
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huá
    • Wade–Giles: hua²
    • Yale: hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa
    • Palladius: хуа (xua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: waa⁴
    • Yale: wàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wa⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hwae

Rime
Character	驊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	戸花切
Baxter	hwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠua/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣua/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨ/
Li Rong	/ɣua/
Wang Li	/ɣwa/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驊
Reading #	1/1
No.	5313
Phonetic component	華
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	華
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷraː/
Notes	見莊子

Definitions

驊

1. Only used in 驊騮／骅骝 (huáliú, “fine horse”); also used as its short form.

Compounds

• 驊駵／骅駵 (huáliú)
• 驊騮／骅骝 (huáliú)
• 驊騮開道／骅骝开道

 

Japanese

Kanji

驊

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. an excellent horse

Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka)、げ (ge)

Compounds

• 驊(か)騮(りゅう) (karyū, “Hualiu, a certain prize horse of the Zhou dynasty; or, a fine horse”)

Korean

Hanja

驊 • (hwa) (hangeul 화, revised hwa, McCune–Reischauer hwa, Yale hwa)

1. an excellent horse

Vietnamese

Han character

驊: Hán Việt readings: hoa

1. chữ Hán form of hoa (“term for an exemplary horse in ancient times and legends”).