駛

See also: 驶

駛	U+99DB, 駛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-99DB

← 駚
[U+99DA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

駜 →
[U+99DC]

Translingual

Han character

駛 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+5, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸火中大 (SFLK), four-corner 7530₆, composition ⿰馬史)

to sail, drive, pilot
fast, quick

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1437, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44679
Dae Jaweon: page 1961, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4547, character 5
Unihan data for U+99DB

Chinese

trad.		駛
simp.		驶

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
吏	*rɯs
倳	*ʔsrɯs
剚	*ʔsrɯs
事	ʔsrɯs, zrɯs
史	*srɯʔ
使	srɯʔ, srɯs
駛	srɯʔ, srɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *srɯʔ, *srɯs): semantic 馬 + phonetic 史 (OC *srɯʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shǐ (shi³)

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sai² / si²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): soi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): sāi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sái / sú / sír

(Teochew, Peng'im): sai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shih³
  - Yale: shř
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyy
  - Palladius: ши (ši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: si³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: s
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sai² / si²
  - Yale: sái / sí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai² / si²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei² / xi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵/, /siː³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: soi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sᵘɔi⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sāi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sái
  - Tâi-lô: sái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sae
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sai⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú
  - Tâi-lô: sú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /su⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír
  - Tâi-lô: sír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

sái - vernacular;
sú/sír - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: sai²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sái
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /sai⁵²/

Middle Chinese: sriX, sriH

Rime
Character	駛	駛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	踈士切	踈吏切
Baxter	sriX	sriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨ^X/	/ʃɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃɨ^X/	/ʃɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃie^X/	/ʃie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨ^X/	/ʂɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ʃiə^X/	/ʃiə^H/
Wang Li	/ʃĭə^X/	/ʃĭə^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi^X/	/ʂi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ	shì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si²	si³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*srɯʔ/, /*srɯs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	駛	駛
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11489	11490
Phonetic component	史	史
Rime group	之	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	史	𩢲
Old Chinese	/*srɯʔ/	/*srɯs/

Definitions

駛

to run quickly; to dash; to scamper; to gallop
to drive (a vehicle); to sail (a vessel); to fly (an aircraft)
- ~1996, “路霸 [lùbà, "Road Rager]”‎^[1]performed by 張少林 [Chong Sau Lin]:
  
  大家小心認眞來駛電車 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, trad.]
  大家小心认真来驶电车 [Malaysian Huiyang Hakka, simp.]
  Everyone be careful, who knows who can really drive a car
(Cantonese) alternative form of 使 (sai2, “to need to; to need”)
(Taiwanese Hokkien, vulgar) alternative form of 使 (sái, “to fuck”)

Synonyms

(to run quickly):

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奔跑 (bēnpǎo)
快跑 (kuàipǎo)
狂奔 (kuángbēn)

Compounds

行駛 / 行驶 (xíngshǐ)
開駛 / 开驶 (kāishǐ)
駛恁娘 / 驶恁娘
駛車 / 驶车
駕駛 / 驾驶 (jiàshǐ)

References

“駛”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
“駛”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

駛

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): し (shi)
Kun: はせる (haseru)、はやい (hayai)

Korean

Hanja

駛 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

駛: Hán Nôm readings: sử

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