xiāo

excellent horse

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
马 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

尧 sound component

  Sound component

yáo

  

a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Evolution

骁 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
骁 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

xiāo

excellent horse; brave, valiant; brave; good horse; strong

Most common words with 骁
Freq.
Word
Meaning

brave

骁勇善战

to be brave and good at fighting (idiom)

骁将

valiant general