驊

See also: 骅

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

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Chinese

trad.		驊
simp.		骅

Glyph origin

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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 驊

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

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Japanese

Kanji

驊

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. an excellent horse

Readings

• On (unclassified): か (ka), げ (ge)
• Kun: あかくりげ (akakurige)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. an excellent horse

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Vietnamese

Han character

驊 (hoa)

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