騎

See also: 骑

Translingual

simpl.		骑
trad.		騎

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 馬 (“horse”) + phonetic 奇 – to ride horseback

Han character

騎 (radical 187 馬+8, 18 strokes, cangjie input 尸火大一口 (SFKMR), four-corner 7432₁)

1. ride horseback
2. mount
3. cavalry

Descendants

• 骑

References

• KangXi: page 1440, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44817
• Dae Jaweon: page 1964, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4560, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9A0E

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Cantonese

Hanzi

騎 (Yale ke4, kei4)

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Japanese

Kanji

騎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: き (ki)
• Kun: のる (noru)

Compounds

• 騎士 (きし, kishi)

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Korean

Hanja

騎 (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki, Yale ki)

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Mandarin

Noun

騎 (traditional, Pinyin jì, simplified 骑)

1. cavalry

Derived terms

• 騎兵
• 騎都尉

Verb

騎 (traditional, Pinyin qí, simplified 骑)

1. to ride (a horse, bike etc)

External links

• Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典) jì
• Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典) qí

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Vietnamese

Han character

騎 (kị, cưỡi, kỵ, cỡi, siệu)