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

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/

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

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)

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)

an excellent horse

Vietnamese

Han character

驊: Hán Việt readings: hoa^[1]^[2]

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

References

^ Trần (2004).
^ Thiều Chửu (1942).