jū
colt
Phonosemantic compound. 馬 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 駒
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
colt | ||
young horse (colt or filly) | ||
a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies! | ||
fine horse | ||
brilliant young man |
Sources